Astronaut II

About Jirko Bannas

Jirko Bannas reinterprets the medium of collage and its possibilities. He tears pieces of images, takes them out of their context, and puts them together, creating new surreal realities. The artist and designer’s Space Series reflects upon the weightlessness of outer space and is based upon the astronaut’s movement through it. While it was initially meant to provide scientific insight, he ultimately created a cunning depiction of the laws of physics, where jump ropes and hula hoops are reallocated and used to scale movement through the cosmos. Astronauts have spoken of experiencing an overcoming joy once reaching zero gravity and entering a weightless state. In Bannas’ depiction,… Read more