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Created in response to the launch of the Europa Clipper probe, an artists book examining fragility and the impacts of experience, informed by the long-standing trope of protecting Europa from cavalier exploration in science fiction* in an era of increasingly brazen commercial space ventures.
While personally fully in support of the careful, diligent practices of professional scientific ventures, I am desperately concerned that despite the respectful strategies of NASA an associated entities, how long will it be until the likes of Blue Origin and SpaceX will be shipping celebrities off for long weekends on the distant moons?
*Europa exploration eventually given the blessing of Arthur C. Clark after his literary admonishments to attempt no landings.
Embossed Alumin(i)um from recycled sources.
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Born in Wisconsin, USA lives and works in Brisbane, Australia
Raised by a biologist and a journalist in the forested stretch of northern Wisconsin, Chris Hagen received a BFA in Digital Art & Photography from the University of Minnesota Duluth. Becoming deeply involved in printmaking during during that time, he practiced and interned at the Highpoint Center for Printmaking, received an MFA in printmaking from the Wonsook-Kim School of Art at Illinois State University, served as an assistant for Normal Editions Workshop, and undertook intensive studies at the Tamarind Institute for Lithography.
Chris practices in Wisconsin/Minnesota and Brisbane, Australia where he co-founded Grey Hand Press with fellow printer Claudia Husband, providing professional hand-printing services in lithography, intaglio, and related media. Chris has served as an instructor at the Queensland College of Art, Brisbane Institute of Art, and local workshop venues. In 2023 he undertook a George Alexander Fellowship researching the sustainability and accessibility of fine art hand lithography in Australia and abroad through the International Specialised Skills Institute.
