Astro art
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Astro Art is the product of an artist and a creative idea that is associated with astronomy, atmospheric objects, or phenomena--real or imagined, future or historical. It is the creative and often unique process of communicating ideas about such objects through art.
Astronomical and Atmospherical art have been practiced since prehistoric times, and many cave paintings are thought to be within the genre. The art-form was also used to weave stories into songs called waiata, which later became oral history. This form of Astro Art contained the most important information regarding the natural resources and navigation in many Pacific civilizations.
Modern computing software has enabled new methods of creating astro art, and the internet has enabled new methods of sharing it. Digital photography has expanded and improved, increasing the number of devices that are able to capture astronomical beings with precision and clarity.
Art, science, and technology often meet as equal partners for Astro artists while they are creating new work. Humour, sometimes apparently twisted, is another frequently encountered component.
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[edit] Techniques
- Painting and Drawing
- Photography
- Digital Image creation and/or manipulation
- Sculpture
- Architecture
- Optical
- Mathematical
- Software
- Communications
- Teaching
- Print Making
[edit] Composition
- Terrestrial
- Atmospheric
- Astronomical
- Planetary
- Deep Space
- Science Fiction
[edit] Medium
- Paper, Canvas, Oil, acrylic, water colors, pencil, charcoal, etc. (Examples - Awanui Hamon, Ursula MacFarlane)
- Books, magazines, newspaper (Examples - Work of the Gods)
- Film, Video (Examples - Star Trek, Dr. Who, Star Wars)
- Music (Examples - Pink Floyd, Manfred Mann)
- Theatre (Examples - Bright Star, Circa Theatre, Wellington, New Zealand.)
- Computer, Photographic - screen-based, still images, and movies, both local and projected. (Examples - Sharing Space)
- Steel, Aluminium, other metal (Examples - Umbrella Sculpture, Invercargill, New Zealand. Pipehenge, various locations around New Zealand.)
- Ceramics, Stone, other rocks or bricks. (Examples - Byrd Memorial)
- Timber, poles, carvings. (Examples - Civic square in Wellington)
- Postage Stamps
- Marketing Brochures
- Observatory Walls. Astro Art is used to decorate observatories with themes - often historic themes. (Examples - Gifford Observatory, Carter Observatory)
[edit] Usefulness
- Illustration
- Stimulation
- Fun / Entertainment
- Education
- Information
- Publicity
[edit] Installations
- Invercargill: Known as "The City of Water and Light", New Zealand, and created by Artist Russel Beck. An umbrella created in steel and aligned with the south celestial pole, it shows the celestial latitude and longitude. It is also a sundial. The axis of the "handle" points to the south celestial pole, and the "raindrops" are all the brighter circumpolar stars, mapped out to their correct places with the spokes of the "umbrella" occurring at a set interval showing hours of RA.
- Wellington: A memorial to Admiral Byrd made of rocks from Antarctica, it possesses glazed tiles with aurora australis impressionistic designs as the cladding. The shape is pyramidal, with the main sloping roof line pointed at the SCP ( south celestial pole).
- Wellington, A set of diverse constructions, in the centre of the city. One is a spherical grille, suspended above civic square, with images of silver ferns. Another is pyramidal with slot cut through the main structure, the roof line pointed at the SCP, (south celestial pole). Various wooden poles with solar system objects are close to a pedestrian bridge, clad with carved wooden beams.
