Katie Patterson Artist Talk

"Vatajokull" (the sound of)

Patterson is a London based artist who explores connectivity by way of moonlight, melting glaciers and dead stars. In this piece of work she placed a microphone with mobile-phone connection underneath an Icelandic Glacier. Whilst in the gallery space a neon number invited the audience to call the number and connect to the glacier. While this work looks very much gallery based the implications pull the audience in all directions. I liked that she made the art piece accessible to any audience with a mobile phone allowing virtually anyone anywhere to access the work and listen to the sounds the glacier creates as it melts. Her work is really interesting pushing the boundaries and working with a variety of people to realize her ideas, these range from icelandic locals, atronomers,astro-physicists, supernova hunters and specific manufacturers this she calls "collective authoriship".