Left: Klara Källström & Thobias Fäldt, 2024. Right: David A Scott, 1969.

Calendario Triestino / The Many Faces of the Moon (2024) part of the exhibition To the Moon and Back.

To the Moon and Back

Inauguration

Astronaut Marcus Wandt will inaugurate the exhibition
Date and time: Thursday, September 26, at 11:00 AM

About the Exhibition

This exhibition unites science and photography from a societal perspective. In addition to historical NASA images, moon cameras, and the story of Erna and Victor Hasselblad, contemporary works by photographic artists depicting space in various ways are also presented. The exhibition explores the fascination with the moon, its beauty, and humanity’s smallness in the universe. There are also works that critically highlight the historical invisibility of women in astronomy, as well as questions about truth and photography in relation to the 1960s space race. Other works examine today’s ambitions to use the moon to monitor the Earth. Additionally, images from Gothenburg’s largest photography project for ninth graders, also themed around space, are displayed.

Participating photographers To the Moon and Back: Klara Källström & Thobias Fäldt, Ansel Adams, Helena Blomqvist, Henri Cartier-Bresson, Nanna Debois Buhl, Joan Fontcuberta, Maria Friberg, Sven Gillsäter, Victor Hasselblad, Michael Light, NASA, Lennart Nilsson, Per Olof Swanberg, Johan Österholm, and ninth graders from Gothenburg.