TO THE MOON AND BEYOND by Kii Arens

In February of 2019, I discovered an art collector by the name of Yusaku Maezawa who funded a space mission / art project that makes use of a SpaceX Starship on a spaceflight flying around the Moon. I want to be one of the chosen 8 artists for the first ever citizen space travel. I immediately began creating the art that you see here launched for the first time. In the process of researching Starship, I printed on the same material used to cover the actual Starship. I then sent the prototype to MZ (Maezawa) in Tokyo in an effort to make contact. I received an email from his assistant stating that MZ was rather pleased. The inspiration for this art runs deep as I want to be on that sp...View all