On October 6, the First Major Space Art Auction at the Universidad Panamericana (UP) in Mexico City, where a hundred lectures are given plastic works whose theme is space.
The goal of this auction is to raise money for the Space mission of the Mexican satellite PAKAL, on which researchers from the said university are working.
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In the week of October 3 to 7, the university panamaric organizes an international space week, within the framework of an academic agenda, cultural and science commemorating the launch of the Sputnikwhich took place on October 4, 1957.
The main event of the week is the auction, a joint effort by PopUp Subastas, directed by Juan José Díaz Infante and Mónica Barragán Rosillo, and the Mexican Space Collective (also directed by Díaz Infante), as reported in a statement. Juan José Díaz Infante, an expert in technologies and culturewill be curator and auctioneer.
Since 2010, Díaz Infante has been involved in projects of ‘SpaceArt’ and space activism, including the satellite cultural Ulises I, Poem to gravity “Your body, my body” which was part of a zero gravity mission in Russia, the broadcast of “Quixote on the Moon” and organized the first auction of NFTs in Mexico, in addition he is the founder of the Mexican Space Collective, the first civilian group of its kind, which evolved into the Mexican Civil Space Agency.
The house also participates Pop-up auctioneerwhich has three years of experience as an innovative format in more than 60 events, including stand out auctions organized throughout Mexico for causes such as the Poniatowska Foundation, the Mexican Red Cross SMA., Banco de Alimentos SMA., Fundación Familiar in CDMX., La Nana in CDMX. , Foundation for Breast Cancer in Qro., and soon the patronage of the Museum of Art of Querétaro de MAQRO.
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Is auction tries to raise money for the mission of the PAKAL satellitewhose goal will be to collect information on space debris and whose development will be in charge of the Pan American University and the Colibri Mission Laboratory.
The event, which is open to the general public, will take place on October 6 at 7:00 PM at the Universidad Panamericana in Mexico City, located at: Annex 507 of the Faculty of Engineering of the Universidad Panamericana. Augusto Rodin 498, Insurgentes Mixcoac.
More information and reservations to the mail: jdiazinfante@altamiricave.com
