Today we find our frontiers for manned exploration and adventure into the unknown on the brink of exhaustion. Out of this predicament, The One Way Ticket proposes to send one person on a voyage into deep space from where they will not return. The notion of not coming back opens up an exceptional scenario, so far unprecedented in the history of human space travel.

 

Focusing on the experience of the lone astronaut, the exhibited works are a response to research into a range of human factors that are particular to the mission and also underline its extraordinary nature. Running parallel with this research was a production of filmmaking props, contraptions and sets with the aim of presenting the scenario as a cinematic spectacle.The short film comprises a collection of episodes transmitted from the spacecraft. Based along the path of the mission trajectory, the images simulate the experience of being in space and also infer some of the unique psychological phenomena that can occur on a one-way trip.

 

The space capsule film set stands as an artifact of the filmmaking process. Constructed using low-end and found materials, it encapsulates the honesty of the project aesthetic: zero gravity, zero budget. Furthermore it represents a consistent endeavor to bridge the gap between the imaginary and the pragmatic, or what it means to be in space and what it means to get there.