Apollo 11 (Edition unread package insert)

2019 | plastic scale-modelling set, enamel colour, computer algorithm | var. dimensions

Apollo 11 (Edition unread package insert) is a project using the computer to step once more into territory unknown to human beings. The mission was completed in 2019, the 50 years anniversary of the Apollo 11 landing on the moon, where the computer was instrumental in enabling the astronauts for humans first step on the moon.

Today, 50 years later, the computer serves more than ever to generate new concepts and to advance into new spheres. In this project, the components of the commercially available scale-modelling set of Apollo 11 (Columbia & Eagle) were entered into a computer. Using a machine learning algorithm, the computer created five different ways to assemble the model. These five models were all assembled far away from the instructions of the package insert coming along with the scale-modelling set and thus show a push into new dimensions previously untouched by human hands.

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Apollo 11 (Edition ungelesene Packungsbeilage) - Model 1
Model 1
Apollo 11 (Edition ungelesene Packungsbeilage) - Model 1
Model 1
Apollo 11 (Edition ungelesene Packungsbeilage) - Model 1
Model 2
Apollo 11 (Edition ungelesene Packungsbeilage) - Model 1
Model 2
Apollo 11 (Edition ungelesene Packungsbeilage) - Model 1
Model 3
Apollo 11 (Edition ungelesene Packungsbeilage) - Model 1
Model 3
Apollo 11 (Edition ungelesene Packungsbeilage) - Model 1
Model 4
Apollo 11 (Edition ungelesene Packungsbeilage) - Model 1
Model 4
Apollo 11 (Edition ungelesene Packungsbeilage) - Model 1
Model 5
Apollo 11 (Edition ungelesene Packungsbeilage) - Model 1
Model 5
Apollo 11 (Edition ungelesene Packungsbeilage) - Model 1
Packung
Apollo 11 (Edition ungelesene Packungsbeilage) - Model 1
Adjazenzen Matrix welche mögliche Konnektivitäten der Teile des Modells abbildet (Sphären Darstellung)
Apollo 11 (Edition ungelesene Packungsbeilage) - Model 1
Adjazenzen Matrix welche mögliche Konnektivitäten der Teile des Modells abbildet
Apollo 11 (Edition ungelesene Packungsbeilage)
Installationsansicht in der Ausstellung "Digital ist besser", Städtischen Galerie Villingen-Schwenningen, DE
Apollo 11 (Edition ungelesene Packungsbeilage)
Installationsansicht beim Reservoir Festival 2019
Apollo 11 (Edition ungelesene Packungsbeilage)
Installationsansicht beim Reservoir Festival 2019
Apollo 11 (Edition ungelesene Packungsbeilage)
Installationsansicht beim Reservoir Festival 2019
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Exhibitions

Reservoir Festival, Linachtalsperre, Vöhrenbach, DE, 2019
Digital is better, Municipal Gallery Villingen-Schwenningen, DE, 2020
Perspectives. Futurisms, Daimler Contemporary Berlin, DE, 2023

Thanks to: Ruxandra Lasowski, Adib Mehrabi.