AFRONAUTS - Cristina de Middel
"The Afronauts is based on the documentation of an impossible dream that exists only through images. I start from a real fact that happened fifty years ago and rework the documents, adapting them to my personal imagery."
Belgian-Spanish photographer Cristina de Middel tells the story of the first African team to attempt a trip to the moon, a Zambian science teacher named Edwuard Makuka. This program, called "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, without sufficient financial backing, the project was soon abandoned.
Format: 17 x 23 cm (38 pages)
Published by Éditions Bessard, 2014
Includes 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 from a real fact that happened fifty years ago and rework the documents, adapting them to my personal imagery."
Belgian-Spanish photographer Cristina de Middel tells the story of the first African team to attempt a trip to the moon, a Zambian science teacher named Edwuard Makuka. This program, called "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, without sufficient financial backing, the project was soon abandoned.
Format: 17 x 23 cm (38 pages)
Published by Éditions Bessard, 2014
Includes 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 from a real fact that happened fifty years ago and rework the documents, adapting them to my personal imagery."
Belgian-Spanish photographer Cristina de Middel tells the story of the first African team to attempt a trip to the moon, a Zambian science teacher named Edwuard Makuka. This program, called "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, without sufficient financial backing, the project was soon abandoned.
Format: 17 x 23 cm (38 pages)
Published by Éditions Bessard, 2014
Includes a limited edition print signed by the artist (AP/300)
