BARBARA NOAH

High Hopes (For Sound Transit), archival pigment print, 9.5” x 17.25”
A crisp paper plane, headed toward the Salish Sea and Puget Sound, surveys Earth over Washington State

©2020 Barbara Noah, all rights reserved, on changes and additions to the original Earth background
courtesy of MODIS Rapid Response Team, Visible Earth, NASA.

©Barbara Noah on the text, unless otherwise noted, and on the changes and additions to the outer space images, but not
on the original outer space images themselves.

Rise and Fall, 16.6” x 32.5” (Other sizes may be available)
Balloons go in and out of orbit, alluding to the rise and fall of breathing, threatened species, and civilizations.

©2021 Barbara Noah, all rights reserved, on changes and additions to the original, pre-edited Earth background images
courtesy of Earth Sciences and Image Analysis Lab, NASA Johnson Space Center.

©Barbara Noah on the text, unless otherwise noted, and on the changes and additions to the outer space images, but not
on the original outer space images themselves.

Sink or Swim, archival pigment print, 14” x 34.5” (Other sizes may be available). Edition of 25
Balloons representing threatened feline and canine species surveil Earth up one side and down the other.

©2021 Barbara Noah, all rights reserved, on changes and additions to the original, pre-edited Earth background images
courtesy of Earth Sciences and Image Analysis Lab, NASA Johnson Space Center.

©Barbara Noah on the text, unless otherwise noted, and on the changes and additions to the outer space images, but not
on the original outer space images themselves.

Revolution, archival pigment print, 40.5” x 40.25” (Other sizes may be available.)
Earth as a revolving bowling ball and a panicky emoji face, contemplating its own climate
change demise and referring back to possible past asteroid strikes and flips or reversals of
Earth’s poles and magnetic field that may have caused catastrophic climate change and mass
species extinctions.

©Barbara Noah on the text, unless otherwise noted, and on the changes and additions to the outer space images, but not
on the original outer space images themselves.

Homes Sweet Homes, archival pigment print, 40.38” x 40.25” (Other sizes may be available.)
Marbles and bowling balls as moons, tongue-in-cheek future surrogate homes if Earth becomes
less livable.

©Barbara Noah on the text, unless otherwise noted, and on the changes and additions to the outer space images, but not
on the original outer space images themselves.

Revolution 2, archival pigment print, 29” x 28.75” (Other sizes may be available.)
Earth as a revolving bowling ball and a panicky emoji face, contemplating its own climate
change demise and referring back to possible past asteroid strikes and flips or reversals of
Earth’s poles and magnetic field that may have caused catastrophic climate change and
mass species extinctions.

©Barbara Noah on the text, unless otherwise noted, and on the changes and additions to the outer space images, but not
on the original outer space images themselves.

Toss and Turn, archival pigment print, 29” x 28.75” (Other sizes may be available.)
Two hats are tossed into the ring (Earth’s orbit), bearing witness to climate change on
Earth and the Earth’s rotation, as well as the idiomatic expression for fitful sleep.

©Barbara Noah on the text, unless otherwise noted, and on the changes and additions to the outer space images, but not
on the original outer space images themselves.

Number Nine, archival pigment print, 15.27” x 16.2”
A twisty balloon cat (in its ninth life), representative of domestic and wild threatened feline species,
holds its breath and floats high over Earth.

©2019 Barbara Noah, all rights reserved, on changes and additions to the original, pre-edited Earth background image courtesy
of Earth Sciences and Image Analysis Lab, NASA Johnson Space Center.

©Barbara Noah on the text, unless otherwise noted, and on the changes and additions to the outer space images, but not
on the original outer space images themselves.

Howl, archival pigment print, 18” x 16"
A twisty balloon pregnant dog, representative of domestic and wild threatened canine
species, holds its breath and improbably floats high over Earth.

©2019 Barbara Noah, all rights reserved, on changes and additions to the original, pre-edited Earth background
image courtesy of NASA.

©Barbara Noah on the text, unless otherwise noted, and on the changes and additions to the outer space images,
but not on the original outer space images themselves.

Someone to Watch Over Me (O3), archival pigment print, 11.5” x 9.8”
Marble moons in the form of a snowman as well as the ozone molecule (O3),
which is part of the protective ozone layer around the “Blue Marble” (the Earth).

©2019 Barbara Noah, all rights reserved, on changes and additions to the original, pre-edited Earth background
image courtesy of Earth Science & Remote Sensing Unit, NASA Johnson Space Center.

©Barbara Noah on the text, unless otherwise noted, and on the changes and additions to the outer space images,
but not on the original outer space images themselves.

Guardian Angel (O3), archival pigment print, 16” x 16.67”
Fellow planets (Jupiter, Mars, Saturn), in syzygy (lined up), hover as a guardian angel ozone
molecule (O3) in the form of a snowman, as part of the protective ozone layer around the Earth.

©2019 Barbara Noah, all rights reserved, on changes and additions to the original, pre-edited Jupiter image courtesy of NASA,
ESA: Mars courtesy of USGS Astrogeology Science Center: Saturn courtesy of NASA, JPL, Caltech, Space Science Institute;
and Earth image courtesy of NASA, image by Norman Kuring, NASA’s Ocean Biology Processing Group using Suomi NPP data.

©Barbara Noah on the text, unless otherwise noted, and on the changes and additions to the outer space images, but not on
the original outer space images themselves.

Lift, archival pigment print, 37.4” x 28.5" (Other sizes may be available.)
A red superhero cape floating over a wishful Earth.

©2018 Barbara Noah, all rights reserved, on changes and additions to original, pre-edited
Earth background image courtesy of NASA-MODIS

©Barbara Noah on the text, unless otherwise noted, and on the changes and additions to the
outer space images, but not on the original outer space images themselves.

When You Wish, archival pigment print, 24.73” x 38” (Other sizes may be available.)
A ball and jacks in a spiral galaxy as a planet and stars upon which to make a wish or engage in wishful thinking.

©2018 Barbara Noah, all rights reserved, on changes and additions to original, pre-edited M83 Spiral Galaxy background image courtesy of NASA, ESA,
Hubble Heritage team (STScI/AURA).

©Barbara Noah on the text, unless otherwise noted, and on the changes and additions to the outer space images, but not on the original outer space images themselves.

Under the Sun, archival pigment print, 5” x 5”
As a metaphor for global warming, a crisp, fresh sky paper plane flies perilously close to the
sun, like Icarus.

©2019 Barbara Noah, all rights reserved, on changes and additions to the original, pre-edited solar coronal loop background
image courtesy of Solar Dynamics Observatory/NASA.

©Barbara Noah on the text, unless otherwise noted, and on the changes and additions to the outer space images,
but not on the original outer space images themselves.

Circus, archival pigment print, 5.5” x 9.56”
Juggle clubs hover over the Florida Keys in a circus-like prelude to climate catastrophe.

©2019 Barbara Noah, all rights reserved, on changes and additions to the original, pre-edited Earth background image courtesy of NASA/GSFC/NETI/ERSDAC/JAROS/US
Japan ASTER Team.

©Barbara Noah on the text, unless otherwise noted, and on the changes and additions to the outer space images, but not on the original outer space images themselves.

Wild Blue Yonder 2, archival pigment print, 18” x 15.94”
A toy plane swoops through the Lagoon Nebula searching for home.

©2019 Barbara Noah, all rights reserved, on changes and additions to the original, pre-edited nebula background
image courtesy of NASA, ESA, STScI.

©Barbara Noah on the text, unless otherwise noted, and on the changes and additions to the outer space images, but not on the original outer space images themselves.

Jumbo, archival pigment print, 29.75” x 32.875” (Other sizes may be available.)
A twisty balloon elephant, representative of the threatened Asian elephant, holds its breath and
improbably floats in the Orion Nebula.

©2019 Barbara Noah, all rights reserved, on changes and additions to the original, pre-edited Orion nebula background image courtesy
of NASA, ESA, M. Robberto (Space Telescope Science Institute/ESA) and the Hubble Space Telescope Orion Treasury Project Team.

©Barbara Noah on the text, unless otherwise noted, and on the changes and additions to the outer space images, but not on the original
outer space images themselves.

Hat Trick, archival pigment print, 25.188 x 52” (Other sizes may be available.)
A rabbit, representative of threatened species like the European rabbit, holds its breath and floats in the Carina nebula.
The title is a reference to a magic trick (pulling a rabbit out of a hat).

©2019 Barbara Noah, all rights reserved, on changes and additions to the original, pre-edited Carina Nebula background image courtesy of NASA, ESA,
N. Smith (U.C. Berkeley), and the Hubble Heritage Team (STScI/AURA).

©Barbara Noah on the text, unless otherwise noted, and on the changes and additions to the outer space images, but not on the original outer space
images themselves.

Face to Face, archival pigment print, 24” x 23.75”
A head-like formation in the Carina Nebula faces off with a twisty balloon bear, holding its
breath and representative of threatened bear species.

©2019 Barbara Noah, all rights reserved, on changes and additions to the original, pre-edited Carina Nebula background
image courtesy of NASA, ESA, Hubble SM4 ERO team.

©Barbara Noah on the text, unless otherwise noted, and on the changes and additions to the outer space images,
but not on the original outer space images themselves.

Fetch Io, archival pigment print, 9” x 10”
A dog twisty balloon holding its breath and representative of domestic and wild threatened canine species,
jumps over the moon (Io), its unlikely new home.

©2019 Barbara Noah, all rights reserved, on changes and additions to the original, pre-edited Io background image courtesy
NASA/JPL/University of Arizona.

©Barbara Noah on the text, unless otherwise noted, and on the changes and additions to the outer space images, but not on the original
outer space images themselves.

Blow, archival pigment print, 6.7” x 5.873”
A party balloon breathing out and on the hunt for a new home, enters SNR 0509,
a supernova remnant.

©2019 Barbara Noah, all rights reserved, on changes and additions to the original, pre-edited supernova
remnant background image courtesy of NASA, ESA, The Hubble Heritage Team (STScI/AURA), and
NASA/CXC/SAO, J Hughes.

©Barbara Noah on the text, unless otherwise noted, and on the changes and additions to the outer space
images, but not on the original outer space images themselves.

Starry Night 2, archival pigment print, 10.4” x 14.5”
A ball and jacks in a galaxy as a planet and stars upon which to make a wish or engage in wishful thinking.

©2013 Barbara Noah, all rights reserved, on changes and additions to original, pre-edited galaxy background image courtesy of NASA, ESA and the Hubble
Heritage Team (STScI/AURA)

©Barbara Noah on the text, unless otherwise noted, and on the changes and additions to the outer space images, but not on the original outer space images themselves.

Leap, archival pigment print, 26.5” x 31.25” (Other sizes may be available.)
A figure with a rocket pack leaps into the Helix Nebula in search of a new home.

©2018 Barbara Noah, all rights reserved, on changes and additions to original, pre-edited Helix Nebula background image courtesy of NASA,
NOAO, ESA, the Hubble Helix Team, M. Meixner (STScI) and T.A. Rector (NRAO)

©Barbara Noah on the text, unless otherwise noted, and on the changes and additions to the outer space images, but not on the original outer
space images themselves.

Red Rover, archival pigment print, 12.5” x 21”
A twisty animal balloon octopus holds its breath and nears touchdown as it searches for a new home, looking for water on
the red planet of Mars. The game Red Rover is also called octopus tag.

©Barbara Noah on the text, unless otherwise noted, and on the changes and additions to the outer space images, but not on the original outer space images themselves.

Many Moons, archival pigment print, 20”x 88” and 11.9” x 52.36” (Other sizes may be available.)
Many marbles as moons or planets, absurd stand-ins for possible future “homes.”

©2018 Barbara Noah, all rights reserved, on changes and additions to original, pre-edited Milky Way background image courtesy of
NASA/JPL-Caltech/University of Wisconsin

©Barbara Noah on the text, unless otherwise noted, and on the changes and additions to the outer space images, but not on the original outer space images themselves.

Spectacle 2: Tossed & Turned, archival pigment print, 24” x 44” or 28.5” x 52.25” (Other sizes may be available.)
A rotating duet between a marble “planet” and the “Blue Marble,” Earth, together forming eyes or glasses. An asteroid strike or
a possible past flip or reversal of Earth’s poles and magnetic field may have caused catastrophic climate change and mass
species extinctions.

©Barbara Noah on the text, unless otherwise noted, and on the changes and additions to the outer space images, but not on the original outer space images themselves.

Bounce (Io), archival pigment print, 10.5” x 10”
An unlikely duet of possible future extraterrestrial “homes” between Io, one of Jupiter's
moons, and a dodgeball, its inflation connoting breathing in.

©2015 Barbara Noah, all rights reserved, on changes and additions to original, pre-edited Io
image courtesy of NASA/JPL/University of Arizona

©Barbara Noah on the text, unless otherwise noted, and on the changes and additions to the outer space images, but not
on the original outer space images themselves.

Spectacle, archival pigment print, 10.8” x 20” (Other sizes may be available.)
A rotating duet between a bowling ball “planet” and the Earth, together forming eyes or glasses. An asteroid strike or a possible
past flip or reversal of Earth’s poles and magnetic field may have caused catastrophic climate change and mass species
extinctions.

©Barbara Noah on the text, unless otherwise noted, and on the changes and additions to the outer space images, but not on the original outer space images themselves.

Strike (Venus), archival pigment print, 14” x 13.75”
Io, one of Jupiter's moons, and a bowling ball in a duet of unlikely possible future “homes.”

©Barbara Noah on the text, unless otherwise noted, and on the changes and additions to the outer space images, but
not on the original outer space images themselves.

Eye to Eye, archival pigment print, 3.88” x 7.5”
A whiffle ball, an emoji face, relocates to become one of the moons of Jupiter.

©Barbara Noah on the text, unless otherwise noted, and on the changes and additions to the outer space images, but not on the original outer space images themselves.

No Place Like Home (Vesta), archival pigment print, 6 5/8 x 4 5/16
A whiffle ball, an emoji face, relocates to the asteroid Vesta,
goddess of home and hearth.

©2019 Barbara Noah, all rights reserved, on changes and additions to the original,
pre-edited Vesta asteroid courtesy of NASA/JPL-Caltech/UCLA/MPS/DLR/IDA/PSI.

©Barbara Noah on the text, unless otherwise noted, and on the changes and additions
to the outer space images, but not on the original outer space images themselves.

H2O, archival pigment print, 20” x 39.5” (Other sizes may be available.)
Marbles as planets in the Milky Way in the form of mouse heads or water molecules, the latter being necessary for life
elsewhere in the universe. The mouse head is also representative of species extinctions, like the Australian Bramble Bay
Melomy (Australian rat).

©2017 Barbara Noah, all rights reserved, on changes and additions to original, pre-edited Milky Way background image courtesy of
NASA/JPL-Caltech/University of Wisconsin

©Barbara Noah on the text, unless otherwise noted, and on the changes and additions to the outer space images, but not on the original outer space images themselves.

H2O II, archival pigment print, 20” x 61.4” (Other sizes may be available.)
Marbles as planets in the Milky Way in the form of mouse heads or water molecules, the latter being necessary for life
elsewhere in the universe. The mouse head is also representative of species extinctions, like the Australian Bramble Bay
Melomy (Australian rat).

©Barbara Noah on the text, unless otherwise noted, and on the changes and additions to the outer space images, but not on the original outer space images themselves.

The High Road (CH3CH2OH), archival pigment print, 31.75” x 35.1” (Other sizes may be available.)
Marbles as atoms in the dog-like ethanol (alcohol) molecule, absurdly emblematic of the desire for an
escape from reality.

©2018 Barbara Noah, all rights reserved, on changes and additions to original, pre-edited Orion Nebula background image
courtesy of NASA, ESA, M. Robberto (Space Telescope Science Institute/ESA) and the Hubble Space Telescope Orion
Treasury Project Team.

©Barbara Noah on the text, unless otherwise noted, and on the changes and additions to the outer space images, but not on the original
outer space images themselves.

The High Road 2 (CH3CH2OH), archival pigment print, 14.83” x 17.1”
Marbles as atoms in the dog-like ethanol (alcohol) molecule, absurdly emblematic of the desire for an
escape from reality.

©2019 Barbara Noah, all rights reserved, on changes and additions to the original, pre-edited earth background image courtesy of Earth Sciences
and Image Analysis Lab, NASA Johnson Space Center.

©Barbara Noah on the text, unless otherwise noted, and on the changes and additions to the outer space images, but not on the original
outer space images themselves.

Ring, archival pigment print, 6.56” x 4.25”
Ringed marble moons as absurd possible future “homes”
around Saturn.

©2015 Barbara Noah, all rights reserved, on changes and additions to original,
pre-edited Saturn background image courtesy of NASA, JPL, Space Science Institute

©Barbara Noah on the text, unless otherwise noted, and on the changes and
additions to the outer space images, but not on the original outer space images
themselves.

By Jove, archival pigment print, 7” x 4.8”
Marble moons around Jupiter as absurd possible future “homes.”

©2013 Barbara Noah, all rights reserved, on changes and additions to original, pre-edited
Jupiter background image courtesy of NASA/JPL/Space Science Institute

©Barbara Noah on the text, unless otherwise noted, and on the changes and additions
to the outer space images, but not on the original outer space images themselves.

Shoot the Moon (Io), archival pigment print, 10.6” x 10.3”
Io, one of Jupiter's moons, and a marble moon in a duet of unlikely possible
future “homes.”

©2015 Barbara Noah, all rights reserved, on changes and additions to original, pre-edited Io
image courtesy of NASA/JPL/University of Arizona

©Barbara Noah on the text, unless otherwise noted, and on the changes and additions to the outer
space images, but not on the original outer space images themselves.

Saturn’s Marble Moon, archival pigment print, 5.6” x 3.7”
A marble moon as an absurd possible future “home” around Saturn.

©2013 Barbara Noah, all rights reserved, on changes and additions to original, pre-edited
Saturn background image courtesy of NASA/JPL/Space Science Institute

©Barbara Noah on the text, unless otherwise noted, and on the changes and additions
to the outer space images, but not on the original outer space images themselves.

Duet, archival pigment print, 6.25” x 6.25”
A duet between a moon of Saturn and a dodgeball as a companion moon, currently an unlikely
possible future home base. (The horizontal line is the rings of Saturn seen on end.)

©2010 Barbara Noah, all rights reserved, on changes and additions to original, pre-edited Saturn background image courtesy of
NASA, JPL, Space Science Institute

©Barbara Noah on the text, unless otherwise noted, and on the changes and additions to the outer space images, but not
on the original outer space images themselves.

Head Over Heels, archival pigment print, 25.25” x 52” (Other sizes may be available.)
A figurine with a rocket pack hunts for a home within the Carina Nebula.

©2010 Barbara Noah, all rights reserved, on changes and additions to original, pre-edited nebula background image courtesy of NASA, ESA, N,
Smith (U.C. Berkeley), and the Hubble Heritage Team (STScI/AURA)

©Barbara Noah on the text, unless otherwise noted, and on the changes and additions to the outer space images, but not on the original outer space images themselves.

Detail of Head Over Heels, ©2010, archival pigment print,
A figurine with a rocket pack hunts for a home within the Carina Nebula.

©Barbara Noah on the text, unless otherwise noted, and on the changes and additions to the outer space images, but not on the original outer space images themselves.

Gloria, archival pigment print, 26.5” x 31.25” (Other sizes may be available.)
A winged cherub flies within the halo or eye of the Helix Nebula.

©2010 Barbara Noah, all rights reserved, on changes and additions to original, pre-edited Helix Nebula background image courtesy of NASA,
NOAO, ESA, the Hubble Helix Team, M. Meixner (STScI) and T.A. Rector (NRAO)

©Barbara Noah on the text, unless otherwise noted, and on the changes and additions to the outer space images, but not on the original outer
space images themselves.

Detail of Gloria, archival pigment print,
A winged cherub flies within the halo or eye of the Helix Nebula.

©2010 Barbara Noah, all rights reserved, on changes and additions to original, pre-edited Helix Nebula background image courtesy of NASA, NOAO, ESA,
the Hubble Helix Team, M. Meixner (STScI) and T.A. Rector (NRAO)

©Barbara Noah on the text, unless otherwise noted, and on the changes and additions to the outer space images, but not on the original outer space images themselves.

Starry Night, archival pigment print, 11.25” x 18”
A ball and jacks in a galaxy as a planet and stars upon which to make a wish or engage in wishful thinking.

©Barbara Noah on the text, unless otherwise noted, and on the changes and additions to the outer space images, but not on the original outer space images themselves.

Ringer, archival pigment print, 32” x 35.38” (Other sizes may be available.)
A ring frisbee and dodgeball thrown to form a “dead ringer” fake Saturn in the Orion Nebula.

©2007 Barbara Noah, all rights reserved, on changes and additions to original, pre-edited Orion Nebula image
courtesy of NASA, ESA, M. Robberto (Space Telescope Science Institute/ESA) and the Hubble Space Telescope Orion
Treasury Project Team

©Barbara Noah on the text, unless otherwise noted, and on the changes and additions to the outer space images, but not on the original
outer space images themselves.

Detail of Ringer, archival pigment print,
A ring frisbee and dodgeball thrown to form a “dead ringer” fake Saturn in the Orion Nebula.

©2007 Barbara Noah, all rights reserved, on changes and additions to original, pre-edited Orion Nebula image courtesy of NASA, ESA, M. Robberto (Space
Telescope Science Institute/ESA) and the Hubble Space Telescope Orion Treasury Project Team

©Barbara Noah on the text, unless otherwise noted, and on the changes and additions to the outer space images, but not on the original outer space images themselves.

Flying Colors, ink on vinyl mesh, 14’ x 100’, temporary mural for Office of Arts & Cultural Resources
A hard-working beanie thinking cap flies to the Carina Nebula in search of a home.

©2010 Barbara Noah, all rights reserved, on changes and additions to original, pre-edited background nebula image courtesy of NASA, ESA, N,
Smith (U.C. Berkeley), and the Hubble Heritage Team (STScI/AURA)

©Barbara Noah on the text, unless otherwise noted, and on the changes and additions to the outer space images, but not on the original outer space images themselves.

Life On Mars, archival pigment print, 15 7/8” x 44 7/8” (Other sizes may be available.)
A twisty animal balloon octopus nears touchdown as it searches for a new home and, holding its breath, looks for water on Mars.

©Barbara Noah on the text, unless otherwise noted, and on the changes and additions to the outer space images, but not on the original outer space images themselves.

Rover, archival pigment print, 17 1/8” x 12 3/8”
A Rover, or twisty balloon mouse, representative of threatened mouse
species, holds its breath and surveys Mars as a possible new home.

©Barbara Noah on the text, unless otherwise noted, and on the changes and additions
to the outer space images, but not on the original outer space images themselves.

Apogee, archival pigment print, 15 3/8” x 16 1/4”
A twisty balloon pregnant dog, representative of domestic and wild threatened canine species,
holds its breath and improbably floats high over Earth.

©Barbara Noah on the text, unless otherwise noted, and on the changes and additions to the outer space images, but not on the
original outer space images themselves.

Acme, archival pigment print, 22 5/8” x 30” (Other sizes may be available.)
A party balloon breathes out as it surveys the state of the Earth.

©Barbara Noah on the text, unless otherwise noted, and on the changes and additions to the
outer space images, but not on the original outer space images themselves.

Apogee III, archival pigment print, 21 5/8” x 22 1/2” (Other sizes may be available.)
A whiffle ball emoji face surveys the state of the Earth.

©Barbara Noah on the text, unless otherwise noted, and on the changes and additions to the outer space images, but not on the
original outer space images themselves.

Wild Blue Yonder, archival pigment print, 12” x 16 3/8”
A tiny toy plane surveys the state of the Earth.

©Barbara Noah on the text, unless otherwise noted, and on the changes and additions to the outer space images, but not on the original outer space images themselves.

Eureka, archival pigment print, 12” x 14 5/8”
A hard-working beanie thinking cap surveys the state of the Earth.

©Barbara Noah on the text, unless otherwise noted, and on the changes and additions to the outer space images, but not on the original outer
space images themselves.

Toss, archival pigment print, 21 1/4” x 20 1/8” (Other sizes may be available.)
A hat is tossed into the ring (Earth’s orbit) as it surveys the state of the Earth.

©Barbara Noah on the text, unless otherwise noted, and on the changes and additions to the outer space images,
but not on the original outer space images themselves.

High Hopes, archival pigment print, 20” x 26 3/4” (Other sizes may be available.)
A crisp, fresh paper plane surveys the state of the Earth.

©Barbara Noah on the text, unless otherwise noted, and on the changes and additions to the outer space images, but not on the original outer space images themselves.