McClymont, Alistair (2022) A feeling of solitude. [Art/Design Item]
Type of Research: | Art/Design Item |
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Creators: | McClymont, Alistair |
Description: | "I don’t mean to deny a feeling of solitude. It is there, reinforced by the fact that radio contact with the earth abruptly cuts off at the instant I disappear behind the moon. I am alone now, truly alone, and absolutely isolated from any known life. I am it. If a count were taken, the score would be three billion plus two over on the other side of the moon, and one plus God only knows what on this side. I feel this powerfully—not as fear or loneliness—but as awareness, anticipation, satisfaction, confidence, almost exultation. I like the feeling. Outside my window I can see stars—and that is all. Where I know the moon to be, there is simply a black void; the moon’s presence is defined solely by the absence of stars." (from "Carrying the Fire: An Astronaut's Journeys" by Michael Collins) Star map in celestial coordinates from the NASA Scientific Visualisation Studio |
Your affiliations with UAL: | Colleges > London College of Communication |
Date: | 1 January 2022 |
Related Websites: | https://www.alistairmcclymont.com/, https://afeelingofsolitude.alistairmcclymont.com/ |
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Locations / Venues: | Location From Date To Date APT Gallery, London, England, UK 3 February 2022 13 February 2022 |
Material/Media: | HTML, CSS, JavaScript |
Date Deposited: | 01 May 2025 14:53 |
Last Modified: | 01 May 2025 14:53 |
Item ID: | 23961 |
URI: | https://ualresearchonline.arts.ac.uk/id/eprint/23961 |
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