From November 3rd to 7th, Nicosia, Cyprus hosted the Moon Bound exhibition at the Cyprus Space Exploration Organization (CSEO) as part of the COSPAR Scientific Symposium 2025.
The opening took place on November 4th at 16:00, with Barbara Brownie introducing Moon Bound and sharing the story behind its unique mission. The exhibition provided an engaging space for dialogue between art and science, celebrating human curiosity and creativity as a vital companion to space exploration.
Moon Gallery Foundation presented the first curated artists’ book destined for the Moon — a miniature volume enacting a dual gesture of exploration: reaching outward to the Moon’s south pole, and turning inward to the infinite realm of human imagination. Besides the book, the exhibition included other items such as sculpture, a digital archive, and seeds, offering visitors a diverse collection of artistic expressions and symbolic artifacts connected to space and discovery.
The project inspired reflection: for all of human history, we have looked up from Earth at the Moon; now, as we travel to the Moon in order to better understand it, we are challenged to ask—how does the Moon see the Earth?
Featured works on the show:
– Moon Bound book
– Lifeship Pyramid
– Lifeship Seed bank
– Lunar Sample Return 1 (LSR-1) by Jack Madden
– Earthling-Conduit of Emotions by Eva Petrič
– Sending Energy and Power to the Moon by Mary Kuiper
– Oceans Deep: Blue Marble by Richelle Ellis
– Flight Candidate #8 by Hans Brooymans
– Time Slices by Lakshmi Mohanbabu
– FENUA: The Last Fragment by Paulina Almeida
– “Moon Village”: A Global Science Opera artwork by Oded Ben-Horin, Kjetil Sømoe, Janne Robberstad
Visitors experienced a thought-provoking blend of artistic ideas and scientific ambition across all works presented at the exhibition, exploring connections between the cosmos and human imagination.
Each piece demonstrated how creative practices illuminate our place in the universe and the experience of space exploration itself.
