“Visions of Space”—Stirring Imagery of the Cosmos and Nostalgic Memories of Technological Optimism

My ten-year-old self lives on within me, especially when I look at the ‘classic’ 1980s and 90s era pictures of space-envisioning. Those inspiring oil, watercolour or gouache imaginings that posited what a future in space could look like. As the years have gone on, I’ve grown more aware of how technology is applied and wary of how it’s misapplied. Which makes me realise that my memories of…