BLURRING THE LINES
BLURRING THE LINES

Elizabeth Presland

Ways of Seeing Outer Space

EDITION

2018

school

London South Bank University
London, United Kingdom

To date, no more than 550 humans have entered space, yet most of the world’s population can confidently describe Mars. This marks a standpoint in photography’s history as the universe has been created through the camera’s black hole.
The Space Aperture Institute (S.A.I.) addresses topics regarding outer space which are in need of public attention. Space is currently a niche area of scientific research and critique, yet space is the place that humanity is now expanding into and currently only a handful of the global population are creating that future.
While we are giddy with oversaturated images of space, talk of space tourism and the prospect of colonizing Mars, corporations are situating themselves in a very powerful place with technology, investment and self-appointed authority to have a monopoly over not only who can go to space but to the resources that will imminently be mined from space. “Ways of Seeing Outer Space”, brings together approaches from academia, popular culture and media in order to map the ways in which space has been visualized and operationalized in contemporary culture.

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Elizabeth Presland

Ways of Seeing Outer Space

EDITION

2018

school

London South Bank University
London, United Kingdom

To date, no more than 550 humans have entered space, yet most of the world’s population can confidently describe Mars. This marks a standpoint in photography’s history as the universe has been created through the camera’s black hole.
The Space Aperture Institute (S.A.I.) addresses topics regarding outer space which are in need of public attention. Space is currently a niche area of scientific research and critique, yet space is the place that humanity is now expanding into and currently only a handful of the global population are creating that future.
While we are giddy with oversaturated images of space, talk of space tourism and the prospect of colonizing Mars, corporations are situating themselves in a very powerful place with technology, investment and self-appointed authority to have a monopoly over not only who can go to space but to the resources that will imminently be mined from space. “Ways of Seeing Outer Space”, brings together approaches from academia, popular culture and media in order to map the ways in which space has been visualized and operationalized in contemporary culture.

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