One of the interesting things about art that mixes with science is when you come to the realisation that art kind of mixes with everything…… Again the source of inspiration may be varied but it can inspire such wonderful imagination, and wherever it it is bourne can lead to amazing outcomes. So the source may not be understood in the finished work but it has inspired……
This blog began as a personal statement.. and it is meant as such, but it bought to mind instantly an artwork which i love and which is relevant to the statement.. I am passionate about nature, science and art; and the work of art i will now discuss , encompasses all of these themes…. ‘Earth – Moon – Earth’ 2007 , created by Katie Paterson, is an artwork that inspires me to hold fast with my choices of subject matter ( as sometimes you can possibly doubt where your practice is going ) and continue strong along my chosen path.
Earth – Moon – Earth ( E M E ) is a form of radio transmission whereby messages are sent in morse code from earth, reflected from the surface of the moon , and then received back on earth. The moon reflects only part of the information back – some is absorbed inits shadows, ‘lost’ in its craters. For this work Beethoven’s Mooonlight Sonata was translated into morse code and sent to the moon via E.M.E Returning to the earth fragmented by the moons surface, it has been re-translated into a new score, the gaps and absences becoming intervals and rests.The new ‘moon- altered’ score plays on a self playing grand piano. How fantastic is that eh…! The morse code version sent to the moon
The morse code version received back from the moon
The score sent to the moon
The score received back from the moon
The piano
