An XLR-99 Rocket Engine for an X-15 hypersonic rocket-powered aircraft operated by the Air Force and the NASA as part of the X-plane series of experimental aircraft. ROBERT WADE (PIVOT ART + CULTURE)
The woman in stealth Han Solo cosplay stops before the reflective glass framing Robert Longo’s charcoal rendering of Saturn. Her body floats superimposed against the inky shadow the planet casts over its own rings. She snaps a selfie. Behind her, others queue to do the same. It’s human nature to want the universe to both reflect and revolve around us, and that’s one of the hallmarks of the funky, nostalgia-tinged exhibit Imagined Futures at Pivot Art + Culture…