Agenda: Presentation Moon Life Concept Store Catalogue, an insert of Volume 25

24 oktober 2010

Sunday 24 October at 15.00 hrs. Volume 25 and the special insert catalogue for the Moon Life Concept Store are presented at Athenaeum Nieuwscentrum.

Moon Life Concept Store Catalogue

Moon Life proposes that 40 years after the first human being set foot on the moon, it is time for a more democratic, peaceful, artistic and cultural investigation of space. It will probably be very likely in the future that life in space will be possible and human bases on the moon or mars will be created. Moon Life focuses on the impact this would have on our daily lives and therefore wants to examine the potentialities and challenges of life on the moon not only in the fields of architecture, design but also for social, political and public life.

Prototypes and products developed by architects, designers, fashion designers and musicians are presented in the Moon Life Concept Store. In addition to this travelling popup shop a catalogue with background and sales information is published.

More about the Moon Life Concept Store: www.moon-life.org and www.aliciaframis.com

Volume 25 - To the Moon

While the Earth needs our utmost attention more than ever, we cannot ignore the fact that the Moon is re-entering the popular imagination. Space travel is on the verge of becoming a tourist option, and a whole industry is working towards lunar settlement as intermediate step to probe deep space. So we ask: where is architecture in this extreme adventure? What are the implications for the design practice of 'going there', for the idea of what is indeed human, or for what is essential to sustain life? And on the nearside, how does this affect our daily lives right here?

Volume 25: Getting There Being There delves into the influence of the space race on American architecture; Russian attempts to include architectural design within their Mir station project; current experiments on design requirements for outer space long-stay missions; new players (countries and companies); the notion of science and the reality of design; and the new human space produces.