AFRONAUTS - Cristina de Middel
"The Afronauts is based on the documentation of an impossible dream that exists only through images. I start with a real fact that happened fifty years ago and rework the documents by adapting them to my personal imagery."
The Belgian-Spanish photographer Cristina de Middel tells the story of the project of the first African team to attempt a trip to the moon, that of a Zambian science teacher named Edwuard Makuka. This program, named "Afronauts" and launched in the early 1960s, shortly after Zambia gained independence, aimed to use an aluminum rocket to put a woman, two cats and a missionary into space. However, because of insufficient financial support, the project was soon abandoned.
Format: 17 x 23 cm (38 pages)
Published by Éditions Bessard, 2014
Contains a limited edition print signed by the artist (AP/300)
"The Afronauts is based on the documentation of an impossible dream that exists only through images. I start with a real fact that happened fifty years ago and rework the documents by adapting them to my personal imagery."
The Belgian-Spanish photographer Cristina de Middel tells the story of the project of the first African team to attempt a trip to the moon, that of a Zambian science teacher named Edwuard Makuka. This program, named "Afronauts" and launched in the early 1960s, shortly after Zambia gained independence, aimed to use an aluminum rocket to put a woman, two cats and a missionary into space. However, because of insufficient financial support, the project was soon abandoned.
Format: 17 x 23 cm (38 pages)
Published by Éditions Bessard, 2014
Contains a limited edition print signed by the artist (AP/300)
"The Afronauts is based on the documentation of an impossible dream that exists only through images. I start with a real fact that happened fifty years ago and rework the documents by adapting them to my personal imagery."
The Belgian-Spanish photographer Cristina de Middel tells the story of the project of the first African team to attempt a trip to the moon, that of a Zambian science teacher named Edwuard Makuka. This program, named "Afronauts" and launched in the early 1960s, shortly after Zambia gained independence, aimed to use an aluminum rocket to put a woman, two cats and a missionary into space. However, because of insufficient financial support, the project was soon abandoned.
Format: 17 x 23 cm (38 pages)
Published by Éditions Bessard, 2014
Contains a limited edition print signed by the artist (AP/300)
