Pilat’s initial painting of my Apollo 15 Lunar Module Umbilical Cord. In 1971, on the way to the moon, it was routed through the docking tunnel to connect the two spacecraft; it was used to provide power to the Lunar Module from the docked Service Module fuel cells until separation for the lunar landing, and it functioned as a command link for the LM/SLA sequence controller (required for LM extraction from the Saturn V stack).
Yutta, the artist’s inner child made manifest, is very hands-on and imaginative. Here is a short video of her playing with the cord…
Pilat’s Disrupt series:
“I like to arrange my machines in a formal composition, creating heroic portraits of the aristocracy of the past. These aren’t quick snapshots from a cellphone or Polaroid camera, but instead staged photographs… like old family albums or royal portraits. They are posing for their rightful place in the museum halls of royal posterity. They are both witnesses and agents of change. These paintings strive to do the impossible for their subjects… help them to transcend time.”
badge detail… 
Closeup of the "study" (done before the major work to get a sense of it) 
And the full details and photos of the original 
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