Odyssey

Year

2024-2025

Artist

Cameron Sacra

University

University of Arizona

Major

BA Studio Arts

Title

Odyssey

Tags

Asteroid

Spacecraft

Overall Mission

Genre/Medium

Water-soluable block ink on paper

Category

physical 2D

Current Location

Psyche Inspired Intern

Description

“Odyssey” is the first of two relief prints I’ve created to commemorate the relationship between the Psyche spacecraft and 16 Psyche the asteroid. It’s meant to function as a diptych with my other relief print, “Agape”. This piece portrays the spacecraft in repose as she makes the long, dark, and lonely journey towards the asteroid. She sleeps in a large patch of pure darkness, a space in which she is the only being for miles and miles. One of the first things I learned about the mission was about the sheer distance between 16 Psyche and its surrounding asteroids – it could have been thousands of years since the asteroid has been in close contact with anything else. It would most likely be the very first space object the spacecraft would encounter since leaving Earth. These revelations directly inspired this two-part series’ themes of loneliness, discovery, and love.

Artwork Link

https://psyche.ssl.berkeley.edu/gallery/odyssey-2/