Researchers successfully launched the two artefacts into space recently as part of a test flight by the Moon Gallery and will come back to Earth after 10 months.
Currently comprising 64 artworks made by artists all around the world, the Moon Gallery will eventually comprise 100 artworks. Astronauts also plan to place this collection on the Moon by 2025.
The new artworks are two metal cubes featuring unique artworks, each measuring 0.98cm all around, designed by Singaporean artist and architect Lakshmi Mohanbabu, who sought to create new artworks using technology and to revolve around concepts of unity, diversity and complexity in humankind.
Both cubes were borne out of a partnership between Lakshmi and scientists from the Nanyang Technological University, Singapore (NTU Singapore), supported by the National Additive Manufacturing Innovation Cluster (NAMIC), a national programme office that speeds up the adoption and commercialisation of additive manufacturing...