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On the occasion of this year鈥檚 50th anniversary of the first manned lunar landing, Parrotta Contemporary Art shows the exhibition 鈥濬rom the Rocket to the Moon鈥� in Cologne and Bonn. During the mission of Apollo 11, astronauts Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin set foot on the moon on July 21 in 1969. This event of worldwide impact was broadcast live and transmitted to nearly 500 to 600 million people, who witnessed at home what Armstrong has captured in his now legendary words:

鈥淭hat鈥檚 one small step for a man, one giant leap for mankind鈥�. This memorable feat also marked the culmination of the race of arms between the two rivaling powers of the Cold War, which now took place in the universe. Already in 1957, the Soviet Union had launched the Sputnik satellite into orbit, triggering the 鈥濻pace Race鈥�. As a reaction to the 鈥濻putnik shock鈥� the USA founded NASA in 1958. Three years later, in 1961, the Soviets sent the first human, Yuri Gagarin, into space.

The works shown under the title "From the Rocket to the Moon" reveal various aspects and associations that illuminate the themes of "rocket", "moon", and "space". A broad visual spectrum is opened up between the terms "rocket" and "moon", covering the entire universe - from the tiniest elementary particle to the unfathomably large galaxy. The lightning and sound sculpture by Tim Otto Roth "Cosmic Mirror" (2008/2019) , which was realized in collaboration with KCETA/Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, provides a concrete physical reference to the universe. The energies of the cosmic rays, which constantly strike our planet from outer space, brightly discharge once or twice a second and become visible and audible.