project drawings

 

 

These works were my first intuitive attempts to visualize the deployment of the O.U.R.S. in orbit. They were done in 1986 before I had established any technical contacts with the space industry. The works exhibitited in my stand display at Space Commerce'86 which took place in Montreux, Switzerland. Each work is a mixed-media collage of original drawing on paper, painted Mylar, pencil and metallic pen mounted on black paper.

"For the environmentalists, The Space Option is the ultimate environmental solution. For the Cornucopians, it is the technological fix that they are relying on. For the hard core space community, the obvious by-product would be the eventual exploration and settlement of the solar system. For most of humanity however, the ultimate benefit is having a realistic hope in a future with possibilities.... If our species does not soon embrace this unique opportunity with sufficient commitment, it may miss its one and only chance to do so. Humanity could soon be overwhelmed by one or more of the many challenges it now faces. The window of opportunity is closing as fast as the population is increasing.... Our future will be either a Space Age or a Stone Age."
 
Arthur Woods and Marco Bernasconi