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Frank Pietronigro is an interdisciplinary artist, educator and author. He is the first American painter to create "drift paintings" in zero gravity, aboard NASA's KC135 turbojet.
 
   
   

'Drift Painting' In Microgravity

On April 4, 1998, I flew from the NASA Johnson Space Center, aboard a KC135 turbojet, to creating "drift paintings" as my body floated within the 3-D kinetic painting space facilitated by parabolic flight.
I write and wonder what meaning my experience offers.
 
 


 
  Espace de peinture cinétique 3D  

 
  Quicktime movie  

Microgravity PaintTools

 
         
  driftpaint01.mov
driftpaint02.mov
driftpaint03.mov
driftpaint04.mov
driftpaint05.mov
driftpaint06.mov
driftpaint07.mov
driftpaint08.mov
driftpaint09.mov
driftpaint10.mov
driftpaint11.mov
 
    Research Document n°34




more info :
www.olats.org/sfColloqueOutsiders.html
www.pietronigro.com/space/overview.htm
www.zgac.org
 
     













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