To Space, From Earth
Space Art DNA Capsule
To Space, From Earth is a Space Art DNA Capsule that utilizes emergent biotechnology to carry a visual message to space. Artworks are encoded into synthetic DNA to be launched on a spaceflight. To store the artworks in DNA, they are digitized and converted from binary data to the DNA bases represented by the letters A, T, G, and C. The encoded DNA sequences are synthesized using a silicon-based platform and preserved in a specialized capsule built for spaceflight. DNA is nature’s oldest and most resilient data storage method. To Space, From Earth will serve as an important record of human history and the biosphere. The artwork traveled to space aboard Space Perspective’s inaugural test flight in 2021 and currently floats in space as part of the Moon Gallery in the International Space Station (ISS) since 2022.
Materials: Digital artworks, synthetic DNA, metal capsule
Year: 2019 – 2022




Image Credit: Moon Gallery, Beyond Earth, Yoko Shimizu
Future Flora
Biodiversity in Space
Materials: Plants, microorganisms, human DNA
Year: 2019 – present
Exhibitions: BioBAT Art Space (2022-2023), International Space Station (2022-), Museum of Design Atlanta (2022), Museum of Contemporary Art Tokyo (2020-2021), NEW ENERGY TOKYO (2022), rooms Tokyo (2021)




Image Credit: Moon Gallery, BioBAT Art Space, Yoko Shimizu
BIOTECHNOLOGY COLLABORATOR
TWIST BIOSCIENCE




SPACEFLIGHT COLLABORATOR
MOON GALLERY
Moon Gallery is an international collaborative artwork and a gallery of ideas worth sending to the Moon. Moon Gallery aims to set up the first permanent museum on the Moon. Moon Gallery will launch 100 artefacts to the Moon within the compact format of 10 x 10 x 1cm plate on a lunar lander exterior panelling as early as 2025. In this Petri-dish-like gallery, we are developing a culture for future interplanetary society. What are the ideas we want to promote into the future? What are the ideas we want to leave behind?




SPACE PERSPECTIVE
Space Perspective is a human spaceflight company whose zero emissions Spaceship Neptune provides access to the edge of space for tourism flights and payloads from Kennedy Space Center.




Beyond Earth Project Link:
http://beyond-earth.org/projects-space-art-dna-capsule/