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News from the Lunar Codex Project

The Serenity Collection draws from our other time capsules, mainly because my timeline from contract to payload onboarding was tight (Dec 8-12). Serenity will likely launch sooner than Polaris.

Serenity will include 3 sub-collections on 2 types of media. Medium 1 has lifetime comparable to Nanofiche, so is costly. Medium 2 is rad-shielded semiconductor memory.

Serenity is included in a larger time capsule from my payload partner, a replica of which will go on a traveling exhibit and eventually be offered as a permanent exhibit to a major institution.

- Serenity A:
Analog images from 25 artists. Archive medium 1.
--- Artists selected by 5 art curators. The specific selection of artworks was curated by Samuel Peralta.
--- Morrisseau (Androgyny), Gomez (Lifted High), Horton (Ring of Bright Water), Gadino (Robot Betty), Okamura (Wu Tang Tee), Ingold (Postpartum), Read (Requiem), Scott (Only Good News), Longhurst (Body & Mind III), Ross (New American Gothic), Van Doren (We Can Thrive From This), Deng (ASMR), Aubey (Emerald Girl), Dzhuraeva (Calm Water), Zeller (Wrapped in You), Anghik Ruben (Passing Through Time), Swingle (Pool Party), Bitanga (Concatenations), DaLuz (Between Worlds), Wiesenfeld (Starship) Bess (Rapture), Randall (Dreaming Moon), Savenkova (Oceans), Malang (Coming Storm), Peralta (Wingbeat of Birds)

- Serenity B:
Around 1500 creatives. Digital format. Archive medium 1.
--- Art magazine covers - All from Nova - Menendez/Goss183, BBM, and FAC covers
--- Music - Waveforms and sheet music from Nova
--- Nonfiction - Assaf (Say Please) from Polaris
--- Novels - Parsons (Elliott), Maidman (Zanzibar), Blouin (Billy) from Polaris
--- Plays & screenplays - J Peralta, P/S Cawdron, JM Alberto from Polaris
--- Poetry - All Nova poets + Best African Poetry 2019-21 poets from Polaris, Clevenger and Whedon from Polaris
--- Short stories & anthologies - A Weir (Sephalon Tales), B Sujiwaro (Yesterdays Tomorrow), authors & editors from 23 official volumes of the Future Chronicles from the Special Edition, AI, Dragon, and up to CW:HWH (~300 creatives), Memory's Children & Knight's Gambit from Polaris

- Serenity C:
Around 2000 creatives. Archive medium 2.
--- Selected from Polaris, not yet fully documented. Work selected for Serenity will *still* be included in Polaris.

Welcome aboard!