Apollo XVIII
2015
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Video Archive
Apollo XVIII is a multi-channel video installation that explores man’s relationship to space exploration.
During March 2015, Times Square was transformed into a virtual launchpad as Apollo XVIII played across dozens of electronic billboards from 11:57 p.m. to midnight.
Dual-screen video tile display in custom enclosure 2:30s continuous loop 4K UHD color, sound.
Weaving computer-generated imagery with archival footage from real NASA missions and Hubble photos, Brambilla presents a fictitious journey to the moon and back, reinterpreting mankind’s space exploration in the electronic age.
During March 2015, Times Square was transformed into a virtual launchpad as Apollo XVIII played across dozens of electronic billboards from 11:57 p.m. to midnight.
Dual-screen video tile display in custom enclosure 2:30s continuous loop 4K UHD color, sound.
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Exhibitions & screenings
New Space Moscow
Moscow, Russia
McCabe Fine Art
Stockholm, Sweden
Houston Museum of Art
Houston, Texas
Times Square Alliance
New York, New York
Selected press
NOWNESS
Out of this World: Apollo XVIII
Space
Artist’s ‘Apollo 18’ Moon Mission Launching Onto Times Square Billboards
VICE
Marco Brambilla’s Lunar Art Lands in Times Square
New Space Moscow
Moscow, Russia
McCabe Fine Art
Stockholm, Sweden
Houston Museum of Art
Houston, Texas
Times Square Alliance
New York, New York
Selected press
NOWNESS
Out of this World: Apollo XVIII
Space
Artist’s ‘Apollo 18’ Moon Mission Launching Onto Times Square Billboards
VICE
Marco Brambilla’s Lunar Art Lands in Times Square