Aleksandra Mir
The Space Age Poster Book
text by Martin Herbert

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Author(s)

Martin Herbert

Publication, year

Berlin : Sternberg Press, 2013

Scope

posters, 7 Pages.

ISBN

9783956790225

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The performance First Woman on the Moon (1999) marked the beginning of Mir’s exploration of outer space as she staged a moon landing by transforming a Dutch beach into the moon’s surface using the help of local people and heavy machinery. Mir’s projects offer her own take on popular cultural myths and historical events. By combining religious iconography with NASA imagery or symbols of space travel, she reflects on events that span half a millennium of human—mostly male-dominated—quest, transforming or deconstructing them into a make-believe world of her own.

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Person as subject

Aleksandra Mir

Stroom project

Attempts to Read the World (Differently)

Location

Cabinet 5 - 6:

Remarks

Posterbook incl. seven fold-out posters