Ad Astra Exhibited in Shanghai | Matjaz Tanciic

Inland Photographer Matjaz Tancic is revealing his new series in Shanghai.

Here is a statement from the artist:

Late last year, China’s space agency successfully landed the first spacecraft on the far side of the moon, while NASA now plans to once again to put humans on the moon as part of its long-term strategy to reach Mars by the 2030s. Next summer’s launch window to Mars features a crowded field of rovers or landers from the United States, China, United Arab Emirates, and a joint Russian/European effort. But for many, space exploration is not accelerating fast enough. Of course there are the known billionaire game-changers in the private space business like Elon Musk and Richard Branson, but this project is interested in the idiosyncratic visionaries, often cash-strapped and working in the grey areas of the law, that are developing technologies for space travel and exploration. Interest in space is growing and I have followed the advancements of the Mars colonization research in China, Unites States and in Europe. From Mars architects, doctors, farmers, engineers, home rocket builders and multibillion startups developing the self sustainable Mars habitats. We are living in the future. Ad Astra (latin) - To the stars.

My current subjects include Vera Mulyani, an architect and founder of Mars City Design, and one of ten finalists in NASA’s 3D printed habitat challenge. Dr. Susan Ip-Jewell is developing an avatar that would allow a doctor on Earth to guide an astronaut through medical procedures on board a spaceship. C-Space, an analogue Mars base in China’s Gobi desert, the Mars Desert Research Station in Hanksville, Utah, Lunares Moon and Mars base in a cold war nuclear bunker in Poland.

Kindly invited to the preview exhibition of the Mars exploration efforts on earth. This Friday 27th of September in The Glam in Shanghai.