Bram Reijnders

My first wet dream

160 x 100 cm
Origineel
Op billboard basis, collage met gemengde techniek en hoogglans epoxy

About the artwork

In February 2024, Bram Reijnders' artwork, "Faces of Climate Change," became part of a groundbreaking event when it was transported to the Moon aboard the SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket and the Intuitive Machines' Odysseus moon lander. This historic mission not only marked the first U.S. commercial lunar landing since Apollo 17 but also included a collection of artistic works by Reijnders and other artists. The lunar lander carried these symbolic pieces as part of a broader artistic and cultural mission alongside its scientific objectives.

This event profoundly influenced Reijnders' perspective, leading him to create a new series of works celebrating the beauty and preciousness of our planet and universe. Inspired by the placement of his art on the Moon, Reijnders embraced a broader cosmic perspective, which underscored the fragility and uniqueness of Earth in the vastness of space. His subsequent art series aims to reflect this renewed appreciation for our planet, highlighting its splendor and the critical need to address climate change.

The lunar mission, though technically challenging, successfully transmitted back images of Earth and the Moon before the Odysseus lander ran out of power. This marked a powerful moment in both space exploration and the intersection of art with science [oai_citation:1, APOD: 2024 February 24 - Odysseus to the Moon
](https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap240224.html) [oai_citation:2,IM-1 - Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IM-1) [oai_citation:3,The Odysseus Moon Lander Sent One Final Photo Before Its Power Ran Out | PetaPixel](https://petapixel.com/2024/03/04/the-odysseus-moon-lander-sent-one-final-photo-before-its-power-ran-out/).

About the artist

"In a world where we are haunted by advertising slogans, political promises, media hypes and self-promotion on social media, I regularly ask myself: What is the truth?
If we have to believe all the messages around us, we end up in a filter bubble in which the truth has become a product.
In my recent works I show this universe through youth icons and snapshot photography of everyday situations from various cultures that in isolation have an alienating effect on thick layers of bilboards that I 'rob' from big cities. These are almost animal traces left by man in his attempt to draw attention to the “Urban jungle”.