The First Official Artwork to Be Placed on the Moon
Space industry organizations have teamed up with one of the world's most celebrated artists Sacha Jafri to send the world's first official artwork to the Moon. The artwork was revealed to the world at a press conference at The USA Pavilion at Expo 2020 Dubai, UAE.
"The placement of my moon-landed heart artwork, entitled: 'We Rise Together – with the Light of the Moon', aims to reconnect Humanity to: ourselves, each other, our creator, and ultimately to 'The Soul of the Earth'."
Artist Sacha Jafri.
The artwork will be placed on the surface of the Moon later this year by Spacebit, a company developing technology for space exploration, and Astrobotic Technology Inc., a company providing end-to-end delivery services for payloads to the Moon. The artistic/humanitarian aspect of the mission has been put together by Selenian, a company specializing in the curation of art in space.
This will be the first ever commercial lunar mission under the NASA Commercial Lunar Payload Services initiative known as CLPS. The landing site where Jafri's artwork is placed will then become a world heritage landmark preserved forever.
"The placement of my moon-landed heart artwork, entitled: 'We Rise Together – with the Light of the Moon', aims to reconnect Humanity to: ourselves, each other, our creator, and ultimately to 'The Soul of the Earth'," said artist Sacha Jafri. "With figures, entwined in love, reaching for a new found understanding of unity and consequential hope, as they embark on their journey of exploration from our inhabited planet to our uninhabited Moon; through space and time, over mountain and star, to unlearn what we thought we knew and relearn everything through the Hearts, Minds, and Souls of our Children; the purest essence from which we have drifted so far, aiming to shine a light back on our broken planet, and start to heal it's fractured heart. We rise together, with a like-minded goal of creating a new vision for our world, focusing on the five pillars that will allow humanity to thrive once again: Universality, Consciousness, Connection, Empathy, and Equality."
Spacebit and their partners have used an aerospace grade aluminum gold plate as canvas in order for Jafri’s artwork to be fully resilient to the lunar conditions and to last eternally on the Moon, withstanding extreme conditions and temperatures of between - 173 degrees Celsius to +123 degrees Celsius.
This first official artwork will be placed on the surface of the Moon alongside NASA scientific payloads, together with other instruments and technologies from the mission partners. Jafri’s original piece entitled ‘We Rise Together with the Light of the Moon’ will rest in the solitude of the Moon eternally.
Along with Jafri’s original Artwork, a series of Jafri Heart - NFTs, created by the Artist directly from his original piece, will launch alongside each stage of the mission – from the rocket launch entering the stratosphere, the Earth circumnavigation, the Moon slingshot, the Moon landing, and the legacy of the eternal artwork on the Moon.
With Jafri’s most recent painting selling for a record-breaking $62 million, the mission aims to raise as much money as possible in aid of the four main concerns of our world; Health, Education, Sustainability & Equality, The intention of creating a better future for our children and bringing a new hope to our planet.
(Image provided with Selenain news release)