WEIGHTLESS

Dan Carlson

on view: June 23 - July 15, 2017
opening reception: friday, june 23, 6-8pm

Dan Carlson's exhibition is the  culmination of a three year long multi-disciplinary project that combines sculpture, video, photography and drawing. It is the artist's response to the death of NASA's space shuttle program, and the emergence of drone technology. 

Finely drawn images of blueprints for space crafts let the viewer contemplate these miracles of science and technology. An astronaut sits inside a big light box, the ultimate romance of space travel. Large photographs of constellations are dots on a white background. The entire installation imparts a sense of nostalgia for a time when space exploration seemed an infinitely exciting and on-going project. 

DIRECTIONS:

Take 2, 3, or 4 trains to Franklin Avenue. Walk two blocks against the traffic on Franklin. Walk ¾ block to 558 St. Johns Place. FiveMyles is within easy walking distance from the Brooklyn Museum.

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS:

FiveMyles is in part supported by the New York State Council for the Arts, Public Funds from the New York City Dept. of Cultural Affairs in partnership with the City Council, Council Member Laurie Cumbo, the Greenwich Collection, The Jacques and Natasha Gelman Foundation, the Lily Auchincloss Foundation, the Shelley and Donald Rubin Foundation, and Humanities NY.