Synopsis for Time Shelter:

“In an apricot-colored building in Zurich, surrounded by curiously planted forget-me-nots, Gaustine has opened the first “clinic for the past,” an institution that offers an inspired treatment for Alzheimer’s sufferers: each floor reproduces a past decade in minute detail, allowing patients to transport themselves back in time to unlock what is left of their fading memories. Serving as Gaustine’s assistant, the narrator is tasked with collecting the flotsam and jetsam of the past, from 1960s furniture and 1940s shirt buttons to nostalgic scents and even wisps of afternoon light.

The first image that came to mind was a spaceship bouncing from planet to planet with a bit of whimsy and charm indicative of the mid-century optimism in space exploration as a juxtaposition to our current dystopian lens. The iconic spaceship is a reference to the red aeronautics symbol in NASA’s “meatball” logo designed in 1959, and the way it’s interrupting the title represents human efforts to domesticate outer space.