O.R.I.G.I.N.S.

www.mangaiworks.com/teamorigins/PitchVideo.mp4

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The adage, "Pictures speak a thousand words," is so true. Art can be expressed in different forms and we have showcased the Lucy mission in as many forms as possible to give an overall picture. We were amazed to find out that the Lucy mission has ties with so many domains like art, music, science and technology, humanities, philosophy, history etc. Nothing could have been a better way to explain this scientific mission to the people from non-scientific backgrounds. So, we have 2D art which includes traditional art where we have “Lucy looking at Lucy” painting symbolizing the historical and futuristic importance of this mission and to glorify how much progress humans have done till date. Next, we have “Lucy finding Lucy” painting where Lucy is excavating the Lucy hominin fossil on one of the Trojans symbolizing Lucy space probe trying to find the origins of our Solar system. “Lucy in the Sky” painting highlights the concept of Powers of Ten and the Trojan clusters at Lagrange points in the Solar system. It also shows Jupiter placed at the heart of the bird called Lucy, which influences gravitational field. “Origami: An Art of Engineering” depicts how an art like Origami has inspired and remolded Engineering and technology as it shows the folding of the Lucy’s solar panel similar to the Origami round fan folds. We have 3D CAD models of the “Lucy space probe” and “7 asteroids” that will be visited by Lucy. All these are exhibited in a virtual reality art gallery designed by our team members from scratch. Also, we have a website as a common platform where people could learn more about Lucy mission from both Science and Arts perspective. The tools that we have used are ZBrush and SolidWorks for 3D CAD, Acrylic paints for traditional art, MIRO board and Pinterest board for discussion session and team management, Teams app for team members communication and documentation and other software such as Maya, Substance Painter, Adobe Photoshop, Codepen.io, etc.

We used the Trojan asteroids and Lucy space mission details from the NASA website. We also watched NASA’s YouTube videos to get more insight and used one of NASA’s Lucy soundscape soundtracks for our virtual art gallery. 

https://youtu.be/54pOhPf8KmA  

We team members are from three different countries in three different time zones- USA, Sweden and India.  We are also from different professional backgrounds yet we accepted this challenge and completed it with our best combined efforts. On our hackathon journey, we learnt a lot about our cultures, way of working, about the Lucy mission and its historical linkage, the science, different tools for making our artwork possible, and importance of public outreach to gain their support for such scientific missions. Through this unique challenge, we got a chance to use our creativity to express science through the arts. At times, we got serious with our work and at times we had fun with all our ideas and imagination. We found out things that we were really good at but had never explored before this challenge. Whether we win this challenge or not, we have already won in a sense as we have unlocked so many hidden talents within our team via this competition. 

Data: 

Trojan asteroids data 

Lucy space probe specifications 

Resources: 

https://www.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/atoms/files/lucy_fact_sheet_final.pdf  

http://lucy.swri.edu/2018/04/24/Nice-Model.html 

NASA Lucy Mission's Message to the Future 

http://lucy.swri.edu/2018/Asteroid-Taxonomy.html 

Tools:  

SolidWorks 3D CAD 

ZBrush 3D Modeling 

Maya Animation

Substance Painter 

Adobe Photoshop 

Acrylic Paint

Oil Pastels

Codepen.io 

Collaboration Tools: 

Microsoft Teams 

Miro Board 

Mockplus 

Spotify jam sessions 

#Space_Art, #Art_Gallery, #Origins, #Power_Of_Ten, #Inspiration, #imagination, #creativity, #Public_Outreach, #Science_Communication

This project has been submitted for consideration during the Judging process.