FEATURED ARTIST – Amada Miller, “Hollow Moon Rings Like a Bell” – San Antonio

“Hollow Moon Rings Like a Bell” 55 glass bells with meteorite clappers

Inspired by the Apollo 12 Mission and its astronauts describing the moon ringing like a bell for 55 minutes after crash landing a module on the lunar surface.

Hollow Moon Rings Like a Bell, 2019

Amada Miller’s work looks at how we interact with and explain the universe outside of our planet through points of intersection. Utilizing research and materials unearthed from the European Space Agency archives and Museum für Naturkunde, Berlin, Germany, Miller’s installation features 55 glass bells with meteorite clappers. The artist takes inspiration from the Apollo 12 mission and its astronauts describing the moon ringing like a bell for 55 minutes after crash landing a module on the lunar surface.

Fünf – Exhibition at Blue Star Contemporary

 

(Detail) Bell with meteorite clapper.

 

“A Fire, A Cast” 2019, Glass, aluminum, bronze, plaster versions of moon rocks
“Surrogate Surface I-V” 2019, Graphite on canvas, 36″ x 45″ each.
Building C / Blue Star Arts Complex 116 Blue Star San Antonio, TX 78204 (Phone) 210.227.6960

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