When we travel, getting to the airport is simply about getting through the departure hall and sitting around the boarding gate while waiting to board the plane.
Afterall the APERTUS team understands that efficiency is a huge consideration when flying privately, so we do our best to ensure you can board immediately upon arriving at the FBO/airport.
Hardly would you ever get to see the entirety of the airport, let alone absorb and process the sheer size of it from a top down view, Ultradistancia makes this possible through aerial photographic art.
Ultradistancia is a fine art project based on high resolution satellite images created by photographer and visual artist Federico Winer, one of the series is on airports.
Federico experiments with the boundaries between travel, photography, geography and digital art, which consolidate in stunning visual art pieces that would add character to any of the walls of your home or office.
APERTUS had a chance to interview Federico, and we are glad to be introducing such a creative mind, he might just be the artist you commission your next private art piece with especially if you have plans to immortalize one of your favorite airports.
While APERTUS provides a seamless private charter experience, Ultradistancia can serve as the perfect keepsake or gift for a fellow aviation and architecture enthusiast.
What drives your passion for art and photography?
Photography, like many others, is a medium for artistic expression. I always like to experiment with the boundaries and the limits of many mediums. The Ultradistancia Satellite photographic project is precise, a crossroad between photography, digital, art, cartography, politics, aesthetics, and some other interests that drove my life.
Ultradistancia was created at a time where Cartography was not really considered an art form, so it really turned heads in not only art media but mainstream media as well (and I'm very thankful for that). To have made recognized advances in cartography, mutating the instrumental and utilitarian purpose of maps into an aesthetic one has been very rewarding.
The aerial image of Beijing Capital International Airport is really stunning, tell us one thing that really stood out to you when you saw this airport through your screen, and compelled you to do an art piece with it.
Beijing Air (PEK) was one of the first airports I created. And was also one of the first pieces sold, bought by one of the most important photography collectors of the world, the owner of the prestigious VU gallery and VU agency in Paris, Xavier Soule. I remember his words when he bought the artwork in Houston, "this is the future of photography".
Beijing Airport represents the quintessence of the Ultradistancia project, an art piece that shows the harmonic equilibrium between the patterns of the runways, the dragon-like form of the Norman Foster's main building, and the integration with the surrounding in one of the main cities in the world.
Beijing Capital International Airport - Ultradistancia Airport Series
What value do you hope owners of your artwork get to take away?
Ultradistancia artworks are part of many private, public, and corporate collections all around the world. And are also part of Google Earth itself, as I was invited by Google to partner in the launch of the new Google Earth by creating dedicated collections of artworks to let the users tour the earth following my images.
Owners of my works, as I was told by many, have the chance to dazzle with the beauty of the world we live in through my eyes and my interpretations of it. But also be part, as collectors or investors, of the new ways photography and digital art are changing the ways we interpret and understand what we see. Art has that role.
Are there any commissioned pieces that you remember fondly and left an impact on you?
I have many stories about commissioned works that left a profound impact on me, but this is one of my favorites, it involves the Ultradistancia Mines series.
Open-pit and large mineral mine sites from all over the world are very appealing to me because of the profound visible impact on the ground that can be seen from the satellites. Mining is needed for the products we use in our lives and can be made responsibly and regulated with little impact or disastrously altering the environment for generations.
I received a commission to create an artwork of a very important mine. It took me weeks to complete because of the details and the difficulty of the imagery. When I had the artwork ready the mine was closed for good. Turns out it was a gift for the employees of that mine, the last remembrance of the place where they dedicated their work life. I'm honored for having been a part of immortalizing their work.
Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport - Madrid, Spain
San Francisco International Airport - California, USA
Federico’s passion really translates in his art, and perhaps one of his airport pieces has caught your eye, all of which can be found on his website. However, should you wish to commission a private piece that is possible too, any APERTUS team member would be happy to connect you with the artist himself.
Art comes in many forms, and satellite art does stand out for its unique take on capturing the world, we believe anyone who loves travel or is in aviation will appreciate having an Ultradistancia piece on their walls.
