Desma Blog #9

Bryce Martin-Grud

Desma 9

5/27/22


Space + Art

    Throughout the years I've always been fascinated by space. This week I got to take a deeper look into space itself and the art behind it. I think that we all have a picture in our head what space looks like and how it is portrayed in pictures and even movies. I think that pictures and art both are influencers in the study of space. 


    An artist by the name of Richelle Gribble has been very influential in her works on space. Her message is "to respond to humanity's relationship to space"(Gribble). She explains through her work how we "A DNA strand symbolizes the origin of all life ghosting through a crowd of people constructing a DNA strand together, forming a ladder to the stars. This symbolizes how our humanity and collaborative capabilities take us to new heights." This just adds to how she is trying to bring the people
together and shed on a light on our connection to space. 


    Space is portrayed in so many ways, if I am remembering correctly the first time really seeing what space looked, had to be Star Wars. I feel like Star Wars was a great show for children and I feel like influenced a lot of children to like space and believe that there was other planets and creatures out there.


    Overall, I think that taking this week to learn more about space and the art behind it has benefited me greatly just regarding my interests towards space itself. I think that there is so much unknown in space and I don't know how you couldn't be interested in that. 


SOURCES:

Gribble, Richelle. “Space Art.” RICHELLE GRIBBLE, SPACE, https://www.richellegribble.com/space-art. 

Rahul Rao published 27 May 22, et al. “Space.” Space.com, 27 May 2022, https://www.space.com/. 

Mackovich-Rodriguez, Chandrea Miller and Ron. “From Artist to Astronaut, This USC Alum Is on a Mission to Mars.” USC News, 9 Aug. 2021, https://news.usc.edu/188774/richelle-gribble-usc-alum-mars-art-nasa-hi-seas-study/. 

“Space Art.” Wikipedia, Wikimedia Foundation, 18 May 2022, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Space_art. 

Contributor, TechTarget. “What Is Space? - Definition from Whatis.com.” WhatIs.com, TechTarget, 8 Feb. 2016, https://www.techtarget.com/whatis/definition/space.





Comments

  1. Danielie RamirezMay 28, 2022 at 9:04 PM

    I thoroughly enjoyed reading your input on the relationship between space and art. I particularly found interest in your commentary on your first visual experience of space being through the lens of Star Wars. In my post, I explored the literal launching of art into space, but your choice of highlighting how space and art intersect through film is a very insightful approach. It draws an intriguing correlation between the reality of outer space and how our perception of space has been molded through the media.

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  2. Akhil May 29, 2022 at 11:50 PM

    I agree that Star Wars was a great introduction to space for a whole generation of people. I feel that there is now a need for more diverse representation in space and sci-fi movies given that they can influence kids from all backgrounds to enter STEM fields. We already see this with movies like Hidden Figures.

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