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Reading Hall A

Samuel Peralta -The Way the World Ends.j
A MANIFEST FOR THE MOON

The Lunar Codex uses digital and analog technology to preserve art, books, music, and more, enclosed in time capsules and launched to the Moon. It is a message-in-a-bottle to the future.

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Curatorial Notes

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The Readings sections showcase a selection of works from the Peregrine and Νουα collections, representing only a small fraction of the total works archived by the Lunar Codex.

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Reading Hall A highlights short-form works by poets and writers. The included works form a selection of touchstone poems, some of my own favorites, bookmarks of discovery, favorite works composed by other writers, and poems I wish I'd written.

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Works are identified by respective launch mission and Lunar Codex collection as follows: 

AM1 - Artemis 1 Mission (The Orion Collection)
PM1 - Astrobotic Peregrine Mission 1 (The Peregrine Collection)

IM1 - NASA CLPS-2 Mission 1 (The Nova Collection)

GM1 - Astrobotic Griffin Mission 1 (The Polaris Collection)

MANIFEST

Samuel Peralta -Long Program.jpg
LONG PROGRAM

by

Samuel Peralta

February 2010

XM1, GM1

Molly Gaudry -That Brunch We Didn't Have
THAT BRUNCH WE DIDN'T HAVE

by

Molly Gaudry

June 2012

XM1, GM1

Postpartum by Ellen Hopkins.jpg
POSTPARTUM
for Eli Haiden Foutz

by

Ellen Hopkins

12 August 2004

XM1, GM1

Stacy Ericson -On Alterations.jpg
ON ALTERATIONS

by

Stacy Ericson

7 November 2011

XM1, GM1

Christopher Reilley -Marriage.jpg
MARRIAGE

by

Christopher Reilley

2019

XM1, GM1

Shaindel Beers -Cicadas 2.jpg
CICADAS

by

Shaindel Beers

2009

XM1, GM1

Kara Candito -Epithalamium.jpg
EPHITHALAMIUM WITH SWAN SONG

by

Kara Candito

2014

XM1, GM1

Geffrey Davis -What I Mean.jpg
WHAT I MEAN WHEN I SAY
NO HABLO ESPAÑOL

by

Geffrey Davis

2016

PM1, GM1

R Jay Slais -Love Solstice.jpg
LOVE SOLSTICE

by

R. Jay Slais

2016

PM1, GM1

Hannah Stephenson -In the Kettle the Shr
IN THE KETTLE, THE SHRIEK

by

Hannah Stephenson

2013

XM1, GM1

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Image from the painting

"Snow as a Girl"

Aron Wiesenfeld (2011)

Oil on canvas

56" x 45"
IM1, GM1

Jesus T Peralta -All Grown Up.jpg
ALL GROWN UP

by

Jesus T. Peralta

2011

XM1, GM1

Gabriel Gadfly -Cherita Harvest.jpg
CHERITA: HARVEST

by

Gabriel Gadfly

2017

XM1, GM1

Sierra DeMulder -Your Love FInds its Way
YOUR LOVE FINDS ITS WAY BACK

by

Sierra DeMulder

2016

XM1, GM1

OSUN -Estare Callado.jpg
ESTARÉ CALLADO

by

OSUN x Semaphore

2021

PM1, XM1, GM1

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From Sonnet for the Unconscious War and Other Collaborations with the Automaton

PM1, GM1


OSUN by Yudhanjaya Wijeratne based on OpenAI GPT-2 345M parameter model. Training text selection and editing of OSUN output by Samuel Peralta (Semaphore)


OSUN is a set of literary experiments exploring human + AI collaboration in art
 

Eugenia Leigh -This City.jpg
THIS CITY

by

Eugenia Leigh

2017

XM1, GM1

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Silence by Joseph Heithaus.jpg
SILENCE

by

Joseph Heithaus

From Poison Sonnets (David Robert Books, 2012)

XM1, GM1

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The Lunar Codex is a curated archive of cultural works from across the globe, launched from Earth via NASA Artemis / CLPS program partners. The Lunar Codex is a project of Incandence Corp. 

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Individual works are copyright © by their respective creators, editors, publishers, or owners, and all rights as appropriate remain with them, whether or not a notice appears adjacent to the work. All works included in the Lunar Codex have been archived with permission from their respective creators, editors, publishers, or owners, whether individually, or as represented in a collection such as an anthology, exhibit, catalog, or magazine. Music on this website is Claire de Lune by Claude Debussy, Beta Records (2017) original performance recording used with permission - version x 1.33 speed.

Works may be identified by their Lunar Codex time capsule, NASA mission, as follows: [1] LC1 Orion - NASA EM-1 / Artemis 1 Mission (Nov 16-Dec 11, 2022); [2] LC2 Peregrine - NASA CLPS-TO2-AB / Astrobotic Peregrine Mission 1 (Jan 8-18, 2024); [3] LC3 Nova - NASA CLPS-TO2-IM / Intuitive Machines Nova-C Mission IM-1 'Odysseus' (Feb 15-22 2024); [4] LC4 Serenity - NASA CLPS-TO-19D Mission 1 (Jan 2025); [5] LC5 Minerva - NASA CLPS-TO-PRIME-1 / Intuitive Machines Nova-C Mission IM-2 (Feb 2025); [6] LC6 Polaris - NASA CLPS-TO-20A (VIPER) / Astrobotic Griffin Mission 1 (Nov 2025); [7] LC7 Freya - NASA CLPS-TO-CP-11-PRISM / Intuitive Machines Nova-C Mission IM-3 / AstroForge Vestri Mission (4Q25).
- Note: We are transitioning from the previous PM-1, XM-1, GM-1 designation to LC1-7, which is intended to be - but is not yet - implemented throughout the website.

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