Jindrich Polák, Ikarie XB-1, Voyage to the End of the Universe, 1963 (still). Courtesy the National Film Archive, Prague

The New Museum will present the exhibition “Report on the Construction of a Spaceship Module”. The vessel is inspired by the spacecraft in the iconic Czech science-fiction film Ikarie XB-1 (1963), which melded postwar utopianism with Soviet utilitarianism.

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In its structure and design, it recalls future fantasies from the socialist Eastern European side of the Iron Curtain and explores the ideological role that outer space played during this time.

On view in and around the spacecraft will be 117 artworks, including video, sculpture, print, and installation, by artists hailing primarily from cities around Eastern Europe, notably Vienna, Prague, Budapest, Bucharest, and Bratislava, all of whom tranzit has worked with previously.

Report on the Construction of a Spaceship Module
Date: January 22nd – April 13th, 2014
Open: 11:00 – 18:00 (Thursday till 21:00)
Closed on Monday and Tuesday
Place: New Museum
Address: 235 Bowery, New York, NY 10002
Admission: General 16 USD, Seniors 14 USD, Students 10 USD, 18 and under Free
Tel: +1 212 219 1222
https://www.newmuseum.org