GOLD COAST ARTWORKS FLYING TO THE MOON
TWO Gold Coast artists whose work is literally out of this world will have digital copies of their paintings flown to the moon by aerospace giants Spacex and NASA.
Leisa O’brien and Lynn Jaanz will be among the first to ever showcase their work outside of Earth.
And it is all thanks to space guru Elon Musk who, in conjunction with a leading Canadian physicist, is sending a digital time capsule to the moon so future generations on a “stopover” flight to Mars can view artworks, movies and listen to music.
It’s a museum on the moon, if you will.
The multimedia will be stored on a special digital drive made with nickel-plated Nanofiche technology, which can withstand the cold and desolate space elements for hundreds of thousands of years.
If civilisation collapses, it will form part of the lasting legacy of human achievement on Earth.
Murwillumbah-based CEO of international television series Colour In Your Life, Graeme
Stevenson was instrumental in selecting the artists for the voyage. A program will detail the time capsule’s journey and all episodes of his show will go on the drive.
Leisa and Lynn’s pieces will sit among works from 7000 leading contemporary artists around the world.
Ms O’brien said: “By including my work this might just be the biggest tourism campaign for the
Gold Coast – taking it intergalactic.”
She paints realistic seascapes of the Gold Coast and documents beach life.
Ms Jaanz, who specialises in colourful abstract works, said the experience of having her art flown to the moon would be “surreal”.
“I am so excited to be a part of history. And it’s all thanks to my friend and mentor Graeme Stevenson,” she said.