Work by an African artist to be launched into space to highlight effects of global warming

The project, called the African Art Space Project, was initiated by African Artists for Development (AAD), a philanthropic organisation founded in 2009 by the French collectors Matthias and Gervanne Leridon. AAD initiatives include a contemporary African art exhibition that has travelled to seven countries, financing the creation of three libraries in West Africa and bringing dance and music performances to a refugee camp in the Democratic Republic of Congo.