SCrashed_Capital SPACEWALKER GEN-9
Artist
Kongo Astronauts
(Congolese and French, founded 2013)
Date2020-2022
MediumMultimedia installation; electronic circuits, fabric, wire, found objects, and gold spray paint
DimensionsOverall: 84 1/2 × 31 1/2 × 15 3/4 inches (214.63 × 80.01 × 40.01 cm)
.1 (suit): 57 × 15 3/4 × 11 3/4 inches (144.78 × 40.01 × 29.85 cm)
.2 (helmet): 15 3/4 × 14 1/2 × 14 1/2 inches (40.01 × 36.83 × 36.83 cm)
.3 (boot (left)): 12 1/2 × 11 3/4 × 8 inches (31.75 × 29.85 × 20.32 cm)
.4 (boot (right)): 12 1/2 × 11 3/4 × 8 inches (31.75 × 29.85 × 20.32 cm)
.5 (glove (left)): 11 × 6 5/8 × 2 1/2 inches (27.94 × 16.83 × 6.35 cm)
.6 (glove (right)): 11 × 6 5/8 × 2 1/2 inches (27.94 × 16.83 × 6.35 cm)
.1 (suit): 57 × 15 3/4 × 11 3/4 inches (144.78 × 40.01 × 29.85 cm)
.2 (helmet): 15 3/4 × 14 1/2 × 14 1/2 inches (40.01 × 36.83 × 36.83 cm)
.3 (boot (left)): 12 1/2 × 11 3/4 × 8 inches (31.75 × 29.85 × 20.32 cm)
.4 (boot (right)): 12 1/2 × 11 3/4 × 8 inches (31.75 × 29.85 × 20.32 cm)
.5 (glove (left)): 11 × 6 5/8 × 2 1/2 inches (27.94 × 16.83 × 6.35 cm)
.6 (glove (right)): 11 × 6 5/8 × 2 1/2 inches (27.94 × 16.83 × 6.35 cm)
Credit LinePurchase: William Rockhill Nelson Trust through the George H. and Elizabeth O. Davis Fund
Object number2024.50.10.1-7
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DescriptionThis multimedia object – composed of electronic circuits, fabric, wire, and found objects spray-painted in gold – emulates the form of a human spacesuit. Tubes, wires, and other pieces of technology jut out at various angles giving the piece shape and texture. The suit includes boots, gloves, and a helmet.Exhibition HistoryCollege of Visual Arts and Design Galleries, University of
North Texas, Denton, TX. “Congo Gravitational Waves // A Metadigital &
Tantalean Tale,” 2022.
Kongo Astronauts, Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo, 2020-2022;
Purchased from Kongo Astronauts, through Axis Gallery, West Orange, New Jersey, by The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO, 2024.
Copyright©Kongo Astronauts
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