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SPACE SOON
Art and Human Spaceflight
| SECRET ARTIST ON THE MOON: Apollo Astronaut ALAN BEAN Sun 10 September 2006 ROUNDHOUSE, Chalk Farm Road, London NW1, UK |
Secret Artist on the Moon
Legendary Apollo astronaut, Alan Bean, one of only nine men alive today who walked on the moon, visits London for the first time to discuss his experience of visiting the moon and the power of art with Andrew Smith.
Alan Bean, moonwalker and artist, was captured perfectly in Andrew Smith's best-selling book Moondust evoking the rawness of that moment 37 years back when he grabbed hold of something solid and looked up: "This is the Moon, that's the Earth, I'm really here, I'm really here."
In Secret Artist on the Moon, Alan Bean - who now makes paintings that attempt to bring to life that elusive experience - brings a uniquely human insight to that rare moment, never repeated, when humans for a few years left the earth's orbit to voyage to our nearest neighbour. We have never returned.
At this event, the audience will not just hear a tale of space travel, but will encounter a uniquely human perspective on voyaging further away from home than any other person has ever been.
