Dear Listoids I make no claim to be an expert on contemporary art/artists, nevertheless I have worked with a number of artists over the last few years in my role as a mineral curator for the National Museums and this has allowed me to get a glimpse of the way different artists devise, plan and execute their works. I haven't had the pleasure of working with Katie, but I do know her and I have met her and we have had some long discussions about meteorites and she does feature meteorites and space in her work a lot. So I feel I ought to give my angle on this as well as try and explain her work on the Campo using her own words.
The original concept was formulated in around 2010/11 and the finished cast was exhibited in London in 2012. At about that time she gave an interview and the following quote is lifted directly from the published article: "...The artist domesticates the cosmos' immensity: she gives the unfathomable a human scale, putting it within our reach. "The cast meteorite will likely be placed on Exhibition Road (close to the Natural History Museum) in a discrete place, where people can sit around it and be able to touch it," she says. "Most meteorites have been travelling around space for over four and a half billion years. They are older than the Earth and are the oldest objects on Earth. I like the idea of this vast cosmic history embedded inside them. Melting a meteorite and reforming it is a little bit like compressing and merging together these layers of time, history and space. Eventually I would like to send the meteorite back into Space, though that might not be for many years." Well the many years have now past and Katie has send the recast meteorite into space. Hope this helps. Cheers Peter Davidson Senior Curator of Minerals National Museums Collection Centre 242 West Granton Road Edinburgh EH5 1JA 00 44 131 247 4283 p.david...@nms.ac.uk Discover the treasures of China's Ming dynasty at the National Museum of Scotland. Ming: The Golden Empire, 27 June-19 October 2014, www.nms.ac.uk/ming National Museums Scotland, Scottish Charity, No. SC 011130 This communication is intended for the addressee(s) only. If you are not the addressee please inform the sender and delete the email from your system. The statements and opinions expressed in this message are those of the author and do not necessarily reflect those of National Museums Scotland. This message is subject to the Data Protection Act 1998 and Freedom of Information (Scotland) Act 2002. No liability is accepted for any harm that may be caused to your systems or data by this message. ______________________________________________ Visit the Archives at http://www.meteorite-list-archives.com Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://three.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
