Marco Brambilla is a New York based installation artist known for his elaborate re-contextualization of popular and found imagery. "Apollo XVIII" is an ambitious video installation that weaves archival footage from real NASA missions with computer-generated imagery to present an impressionistic journey to the moon and back. "Apollo XVIII" re-interprets mankind's relationship with space exploration in the electronic age. The NASA Program acts as a metaphor for the shift from physical to surrogate modes of exploration and presents to viewers the countdown to an imagined lift-off of a Saturn V rocket across Times Square's spectacular screens.
Presented by Times Square Advertising Coalition
Curated by Times Square Arts
MARCO BRAMBILLA STUDIO
Anastasia Rogers, Studio Manager
Richard Massee, Producer
Beau Dickson, VFX Art Director
Akiko Iwakawa, Editor
Jennifer Yiu-Chen Yang, Lead After Effects Artist
Thomas Heckel, After Effects Artist
Cecilia Stucker, Research
Jack Mintz and Julia H Burlingham, Research Assistants
NTROPIC
Nate Robinson, Executive Creative Director
Ron Moon, HOP
Fawn Fletcher, Producer
Simon Mowbray, Creative Director
James McCarthy, Design & VFX Artist
Robert Williams, CG Artist
Jerome Knight, Flame Assist
HUMAN WORLDWIDE
Marc Altshuler, Producer
Gareth Williams, Sound Designer.