The year 1638 saw the publication of The Man in the Moone by English bishop Francis Godwin . In this utopian fantasy tale , world travel to the Moon by harness a flock of specially trained , specially hearty geese , vacuum cleaner of space be imprecate .
The reality of purgative have n’t stopped artist Agnes Meyer - Brandis from training a flock of geese to someday fly to the Moon . Thanks to rigorous astronaut grooming exercises and pile of acclimation to a crater - pocked lunar model , an unbeatable propagation of astrobird should be quick for an expedition by 2024 .
This is the Moon Goose Analogue project . This is their news report .
To create her raw strain of supergeese , Meyer - Brandis first had to build her 11 - gosling teama imitation Moon in a shed in Pollinaria , Italy . It was here that crucial experiments were conducted with dandelion , the cuckoo ’s pet food , which the artist is attempting to grow in low-toned Italian sombreness . She also yield them astronaut names for inspiration and taught her avianauts to journey in a V - formation , à la Godwin ’s Moon birds .
ultimately , she constructeda control roomin Liverpool to supervise her gay astroflock from afar . you’re able to look out their revoltingly cute onward motion above , and behold some as “ d’aww ” exposure below .
An installation detailing the Moon Goose Analogue task will be on display at Newcastle’sGreat North Museum : Hancockthrough March 31 , 2012 . For more information about this groundbreaking experimentation , visitthe MGA websiteandThe Arts Catalyst , who funded the exhibition on Agnes ’ lunar try .
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