The 5th International Festival of NanoArt organized by
NanoArt 21 ( http://nanoart21.org )
was hosted in September-October 2018 in Heraklion, Crete Island, Greece, by the
Technological Educational Institute of Crete (TEI) in cooperation with The Hellenic
Photographic Society of Crete. The show was curated by artist/scientist
Cris Orfescu (USA / Romania) founder of NanoArt 21 and artist/scientist Mirela
Suchea (Romania / Greece). The previous editions of the festival were held
in Finland, Germany, and two editions in Romania. The artworks authored by
artists from Brazil, Canada, Germany, Greece, Netherlands, Romania, Slovenia, UK, and USA were exhibited in the Hellenic Photographic Society’s gallery. The
artworks were donated to TEI Crete to establish the second permanent gallery of
NanoArt. At the show opening, a collection of aerogel sculptures by Ioannis
Michaloudis was exhibited. Also, the Moon Ark, the artifact that will be landed
on the surface of the Moon in 2020 and left there for good was presented by Mark
Baskinger and Dylan Vitone. The Moon Ark contains the Moon Museum, the first
art museum on the surface of the Moon. 93 NanoArt works authored by 50 artists
from NanoArt 21 group were selected to be featured in this museum.
