An icon of photographic history remains of the Nasa Apollo missions:
Standing in the bright sun light in front of a lunatic landscape
an astronaut is touching the american flag.
The photo is taken slightly from underneath the eyes
to make him appear even more heroic.
But there exists another memory of the events.
Free to explore there are hundreds of videos
at the NASA servers showing astronauts at profane duties,
almost from everyday live. Those show wonderful accidents
full of humor and stupidity, captured in very bad technical quality,
make the same astronauts appear as tourists and funsters.
The work is related to the – even today ongoing –
doubt about the authenticity of the moon landing.
HD, 16:9, 5:52 min
Credits
Editing
Thadeusz Tischbein
Original footage
NASA Apollo Lunar Surface Journal (Open Source Material)
Digitalisisation: Ken Glover, Mick Hyde, Peter Dayton, Kipp Teague and Gordon Roxburgh
Camera
Thomas Taube
Paper objects, actor
Thadeusz Tischbein
Screenings
2018
PORTOBELLO FILM FESTIVAL – Festival Screening. London/UK (Nominated for Golden Trellick Award – shortlist)
2016
AFO Academia Film Olomouc – Festival Screening. Olomouc/Czech Republic
2015
BACKUP FESTIVAL – Festival Screening. Weimar/Germany
2014
EMAF European Media Arts Festival – Festival Screening. Osnabrück/Germany (first version of video)
2013
THE SUPERSHOW – Group exhibition, curated by Kathy Rae Huffman. Halle 14, Spinnerei, Leipzig/Germany
NIGHTSHIFT – Group presentation of workshop held by Bjørn Melhus. Kulturbahnhof, Kassel/Germany
NIGHTSHIFT – Group presentation of workshop held by Bjørn Melhus. HGB Galery, Academy of Visual Arts, Leipzig/Germany
Stills
