2024
3 of 11
Composition of 11 astronauts
One of a kind each
Wall installation
White ceramics, enamels, cobalt
31x22x17
2,2kg
In the vast, unending canvas of space, a small group of astronauts drifts freely, each floating separately yet bound by the same invisible thread of shared experience. The stars, cold and indifferent, stretch endlessly around them, distant pinpricks of light in an otherwise black void. The space between them and the universe feels almost too vast, a quiet reminder of how small they are against the backdrop of eternity.
Their suits, bright against the darkness, are the only barrier between fragile life and the unforgiving vacuum around them. Yet, amidst the isolation, there is a surreal beauty. They are suspended in a place untouched by time, where gravity holds no power, and dreams seem as boundless as the universe itself. Each astronaut drifts, lost in thought, gazing into the endless horizon, where nothing breaks the silence but the hum of their own breathing. Loneliness here isn’t sharp or painful but rather a quiet understanding—an acceptance that they are alone in the most profound sense, yet still part of something grand and eternal.
Some dream of home, of Earth far below, a place they may never touch again. Others find peace in this isolation, seeing it as a chance to confront the vastness of their own thoughts, the quiet echoes of their humanity against the backdrop of the stars. The endless space around them is not friendly; it offers no warmth or comfort. It stretches on with cold, dispassionate eternity, uncaring of their dreams or existence.
Yet, despite the loneliness, there is a certain serenity in their flight. They are explorers, drifting through the unknown, tethered not to each other but to the idea that humanity can reach into the infinite. They are alone in the universe, but in that solitude, they find purpose—a sense that even in the face of a universe so vast and uncaring, the mere act of being there, floating among the stars, matters.