"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,"
Replace "compressing and merging" with "destroying" and then you have a valid statement. Once melted and reformed, referring to it as a meteorite is no longer correct. Michael in so. Cal. On Thu, Jul 31, 2014 at 6:14 AM, Peter Davidson via Meteorite-list <meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com> wrote: > 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 ______________________________________________ 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
