
The sculpture

Satellite view of explosion and pre-mission group photo of the crew
Concrete, felt, foam, paint
16″x 16″ x 32″
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This sculpture takes its form from the momentary shape created by the Challenger space shuttle immediately after it exploded above Cape Canaveral in 1986.
Using photographs that documented the disaster, I made a foam rendering of the explosion at its climactic point.