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Katie Paterson

Work by Katie Paterson

Biography

b. 1981, Glasgow (UK)

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Katie Paterson’s work maps various stages in the geological history of the earth, as well as the universe with its many suns and ancient darkness. Because our present remains the starting point and anchor of these explorations, the focus is not only on places distant in time and space, but above all on the path between here and there: Paterson’s works enable us to relate to events that took place billions of years ago somewhere in the universe, the melting of a glacier or the growth of forests. This results in changes of perspective and unusual scales that make the fragility of current life forms on earth tangible, without formulating catastrophe scenarios.

Past Exhibitions

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Selected Works

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IIDEAS – (Matchsticks that burn the colour of newborn stars), 2022

Micro-waterjet-cut Sterling Silver
10.8 × 35 × 0.3 cm
KP/P 37

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IDEAS – (A dimmer switch that adjusts the brightness of space), 2022

Micro-waterjet-cut Sterling Silver
9.3 × 29.7 × 0.3 cm
KP/P 38

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IDEAS – (The oldest object enclosed within the newest), 2021

Micro-waterjet-cut Sterling Silver
10.7 × 22.7 × 0.3 cm

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IDEAS – (Everthing once evaporated returned), 2017

Micro-waterjet-cut Sterling Silver
10.9 × 21.3 × 0.3 cm

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History of Darkness, 2010 – ongoing

2200 unique slides of images of darkness from throughout the universe, handwritten with their distance from the earth in light years. This is the third boxed archive to have compiled
106.5 × 569 × 19 cm overall

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Ara, 2016

Bespoke festoon lighting
Size variable

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Fossil Necklace, 2013

170 hand-carved fossil beads
Work diagram, PDF

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Endling, 2021

Mixed media in 100 pigments made from the pre-solar dust of 5 billion years ago to the ginkgo trees of Himakujumoko
97.5 × 97.5 cm

Work diagram: PDF

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To Burn, Forest, Fire, 2021

Incense sticks

Commissioned by IHME Helsinki
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Future Library, 2014–2114

A forest in Norway is growing. In 100 years from now it will become an anthology of books. Every year a writer is contributing a text that will be held in trust, unpublished, until 2114. This certificate entitles the owner to one complete set of texts printed on the paper made from the trees after they are fully grown and cut down in 2114.
Double-sided foil block print
58 × 43 × 1.8 cm (framed)

Books

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News

Selected Press

Al Jazeera

A library of the 'future': Can it make the world a better place?

Anna Pivovarchuk

31 December 2023

Each year from 2014 to 2114, a manuscript is sealed in the Silent Room of Norway’s ‘Future Library’. The goal: Greater hope for humankind.

designboom

apple park's mirage sculpture takes shape as iridescent glass pillars winding through trees

Lea Zeitoun

13 September 2023

At its essence, Mirage is a global artwork celebrating each of the lands from which it is created and the people who nurture, conserve, and sustain these lands. ‘Sand, so ubiquitous across Earth, is a marker of time. Mirage creates an experience of being enveloped by Earth’s sublime spaces. […] Our hope is that Mirage creates a sensory experience that will ignite the imagination, connect visitors to the vastness of the Earth and its precious wilderness,’ says Katie Paterson.

The Architect's Newspaper

Zeller & Moye and artist Katie Paterson unveil Mirage at Apple Park in Cupertino

Dan Roche

14 September 2023

Berlin and Mexico City–based architectural studio Zeller & Moye worked with artist Katie Paterson on a new land art installation for an olive grove next to the Norman Foster–designed Apple Park Visitor’s Center in Cupertino, California. Desert landscapes are at the center of Mirage the sinuous work of art comprises over 400 glass columns forming a wall that curves through the garden.

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