ars astronautica news archive

Cover art for e-flux journal #4

Arthur Woods - July 18, 2009

The March 2009 issue of the online contemporary art journal e-flux has selected an image of the Cosmic Dancer Sculpture on the Mir space station.

Hoch hinaus: News article in the Schaffhauser Nachrichten

Arthur Woods - December 17, 2008

A two-page article about my space art work by Elio Stamm was published in the Express Magazine section of the Schaffhauser Nachrichten newspaper.

Re-launch of ars astronautica

Arthur Woods - December 11, 2008

ars astronautica is dedicated to developing a cultural dimension to humanity's space endeavors by exploring, reporting and nurturing the arts associated with the exploration and development of the space frontier. Its mission is to communicate the importance of space development as key to its ultimate success as a species.

"Since, in the long run, every planetary civilization will be endangered by impacts from space, every surviving civilization is obliged to become spacefaring--not because of exploratory or romantic zeal, but for the most practical reason imaginable: staying alive... If our long-term survival is at stake, we have a basic responsibility to our species to venture to other worlds."
 
Carl Sagan