Etherospermia: Conceptual art, science and allegory in the sky-seeding project

Michaloudis, Ioannis; Seats, Michael

doi:10.1016/j.actaastro.2014.07.009

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“…Michaloudis' "aer( ) sculpture appears blue only when its background is black. The same optic phenomenon-raylight scattering-explains why our sky is blue, as behind it lays the darkness of chaos" [4]. The colour and quality of the work speak to this experience of viewing, consciously, the ephemeral nature of our sky and the consciousness that this creates in us as human beings about our relationship and interdependence with our planet.…”

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Aer( )sculpture: Inventing skies and micro-clouds into diaphanous sculptures made of the space technology nanomaterial silica aerogel

Michaloudis

Dann

2017

J Sol-Gel Sci Technol

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It suddenly struck me that that tiny pea, pretty and blue, was the Earth. I put up my thumb and shut one eye, and my thumb blotted out the planet Earth. I didn't feel like a giant. I felt very, very small". When astronaut Neil Armstrong said those words on his experience setting foot on the moon, he acted strictly as a visual artist: shutting one eye and attempting to measure the Earth in front of him. And he perceived the scaling of the giant planet as a tiny pea. If Cosmos will be the muse of the future, what are the dimensions of Space Beauty? Why, on Earth, do we prefer massive artworks/totems and we underestimate miniatures? What could be the relations between climax (the Greek word for scale and ladder) and climate change? In this paper the author will attempt to answer these questions presenting the allegories and symbolisms of two of his artworks, Skymarket and Ephebos Head. The author's research and artworks are all about the nanomaterial silica aerogel an ethereal (im)material resembling our sky. Living and realizing his research in three different countries/climates the last 4 years, he has initiated collaborative interdisciplinary research with MIT's Department of Earth, Atmospheric and Planetary Sciences on possibilities to imitate moving micro clouds inside the diaphanous body of his sculptures made of the space nanotechnology silica aerogel. The creative venture of this interdisciplinary research also has technological applications as it could drive to a scientific visualisation on bio-mimicry of microclimatic experimentations on greenhouse and climate change phenomena. Graphical Abstract

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Section: Neil Armstrongmentioning

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Aer( )sculpture: Inventing skies and micro-clouds into diaphanous sculptures made of the space technology nanomaterial silica aerogel

Michaloudis

Dann

2017

J Sol-Gel Sci Technol

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“…The rationale for artistic metaphors and allegories addressed to a scientific audience, affirms that the ‘interdisciplinary’, ‘in-between’ dimensions of human knowledge and experience, (like a rainbow) can best be explored through the intersecting methodologies and mythologies of artists and scientists [ 32 ].…”

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U(rano)topia: spectral skies and rainbow holograms for silica aerogel artworks

Michaloudis

Kanamori

Pappa

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Micro/nano structuring in distinct chemical compositions has demonstrated added values which could be utilized in various modern applications and products through the lens of visual arts. Silica aerogel is a prominent example of such a nanostructure, with which we recently utilized to accommodate the unique design of high jewelry. Using its natural shades and transparent layers, silica aerogel can be described by the first author, a visual artist, as an extremely beautiful and ethereal material that closely resembles a piece of sky. Ultimately silica aerogel can be exploited as a sky-like material, and has been used in numerous collaborations amongst artists and scientists to bring to life concepts, like rainbow holograms on silica aerogel dried by high-temperature supercritical drying with methanol. In this short review, we show how such collaborations the authors have been proceeding are evoking developments in science and technology as well as in design, fashion and art industries. The series of the collaborative research has been contributing to the development of quality end products by merging new technologies, novel functional materials and innovative manufacturing processes with visual arts.

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Aer( )sculpture: A Free-Dimensional Space Art

Michaloudis

2023

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Etherospermia: Conceptual art, science and allegory in the sky-seeding project

Cited by 4 publications

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Aer( )sculpture: Inventing skies and micro-clouds into diaphanous sculptures made of the space technology nanomaterial silica aerogel

Aer( )sculpture: Inventing skies and micro-clouds into diaphanous sculptures made of the space technology nanomaterial silica aerogel

U(rano)topia: spectral skies and rainbow holograms for silica aerogel artworks

Aer( )sculpture: A Free-Dimensional Space Art

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