Re: [meteorite-list] Meteorite Sculpture Will Be International Space Station First Artwork
>> but I'm wondering what exactly is the point of melting down part of a >> meteorite and then recasting it as an exact copy of itself,<< It's called wait for it .. Irony! - rat..tat..splash... Sorry couldn't resist that one! Mark -Original Message- From: Meteorite-list [mailto:meteorite-list-boun...@meteoritecentral.com] On Behalf Of Daniel Noyes via Meteorite-list Sent: 30 July 2014 17:18 To: meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Meteorite Sculpture Will Be International Space Station First Artwork Hi All, I'm an artist myself, but I'm wondering what exactly is the point of melting down part of a meteorite and then recasting it as an exact copy of itself, indistinguishable from the original. The original meteorite is already a cosmic work of art, a rock transformed when it journeyed through space and then sculpted by the Earth's atmosphere and terrestrial impact. Part of the real meteorite would make a fine art installation on the ISS. It might be more original and interesting to transform a piece of a meteorite into another art form/shape rather than a just duplicate. Best regards, Daniel Daniel Noyes Genuine Moon & Mars Meteorite Rocks i...@moonmarsrocks.com www.moonmarsrocks.com Message: 5 Date: Tue, 29 Jul 2014 16:06:24 -0700 From: lebof...@lpl.arizona.edu To: "Art Jones" Cc: "meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com" Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Meteorite Sculpture Will Be International Space Station?s First Artwork Message-ID: <72ac215aa20e7eb76cc029090b9a34b2.squir...@webmail.lpl.arizona.edu> Content-Type: text/plain;charset=iso-8859-1 Hi Art: But not the first meteorite to be brought back to space from the Earth. If I remember correctly, about 20 years ago (do not remember which mission) Tom Jones brought a meteorite (do not remember what it was) up in the Shuttle. It may have been the same flight that he brought a Zuni Fetish up (and back). Larry > Interesting idea and article: > http://news.artnet.com/art-world/meteorite-sculpture-will-be-internati > onal-space-stations-first-artwork-67923 > > -Art > __ > > 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 __ 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
Re: [meteorite-list] Meteorite Sculpture Will Be International Space Station First Artwork
Hi Daniel and List, I am not an artist, but I am certainly an art critic. I was wondering the exact same thing. I do not pretend to understand everyone's definition of art, but this seems redundant. By melting down the meteorite, the meteoritic nature is lost - if etched, the iron will not show a widmanstatten pattern. It may as well be a lump of slag. Personally, I would embed a thin slice of pallasite into one of the "porthole" windows of the space station, so that the sun's light reflected off the Earth would illuminate the slice, bathing the interior of the station in pallasitic light glory. But, that's probably not very feasible and one of the reasons I should never be in charge of anything. LOL. Best regards, MikeG -- - Web - http://www.galactic-stone.com Facebook - http://www.facebook.com/galacticstone Twitter - http://twitter.com/galacticstone Pinterest - http://pinterest.com/galacticstone - On 7/30/14, Daniel Noyes via Meteorite-list wrote: > Hi All, > > I'm an artist myself, but I'm wondering what exactly is the point of > melting down part of a meteorite and then recasting it as an exact copy > of itself, indistinguishable from the original. The original meteorite > is already a cosmic work of art, a rock transformed when it journeyed > through space and then sculpted by the Earth's atmosphere and > terrestrial impact. Part of the real meteorite would make a fine art > installation on the ISS. It might be more original and interesting to > transform a piece of a meteorite into another art form/shape rather than > a just duplicate. > > Best regards, > Daniel > > Daniel Noyes > Genuine Moon & Mars Meteorite Rocks > i...@moonmarsrocks.com > www.moonmarsrocks.com > > > > Message: 5 > Date: Tue, 29 Jul 2014 16:06:24 -0700 > From: lebof...@lpl.arizona.edu > To: "Art Jones" > Cc: "meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com" > > Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Meteorite Sculpture Will Be > International Space Station?s First Artwork > Message-ID: > <72ac215aa20e7eb76cc029090b9a34b2.squir...@webmail.lpl.arizona.edu> > Content-Type: text/plain;charset=iso-8859-1 > > Hi Art: > > But not the first meteorite to be brought back to space from the Earth. > If > I remember correctly, about 20 years ago (do not remember which mission) > Tom Jones brought a meteorite (do not remember what it was) up in the > Shuttle. It may have been the same flight that he brought a Zuni Fetish > up > (and back). > > Larry > >> Interesting idea and article: >> http://news.artnet.com/art-world/meteorite-sculpture-will-be-international-space-stations-first-artwork-67923 >> >> -Art >> __ >> >> 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 > __ 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
Re: [meteorite-list] Meteorite Sculpture Will Be International Space Station First Artwork
Hi All, I'm an artist myself, but I'm wondering what exactly is the point of melting down part of a meteorite and then recasting it as an exact copy of itself, indistinguishable from the original. The original meteorite is already a cosmic work of art, a rock transformed when it journeyed through space and then sculpted by the Earth's atmosphere and terrestrial impact. Part of the real meteorite would make a fine art installation on the ISS. It might be more original and interesting to transform a piece of a meteorite into another art form/shape rather than a just duplicate. Best regards, Daniel Daniel Noyes Genuine Moon & Mars Meteorite Rocks i...@moonmarsrocks.com www.moonmarsrocks.com Message: 5 Date: Tue, 29 Jul 2014 16:06:24 -0700 From: lebof...@lpl.arizona.edu To: "Art Jones" Cc: "meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com" Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Meteorite Sculpture Will Be International Space Station?s First Artwork Message-ID: <72ac215aa20e7eb76cc029090b9a34b2.squir...@webmail.lpl.arizona.edu> Content-Type: text/plain;charset=iso-8859-1 Hi Art: But not the first meteorite to be brought back to space from the Earth. If I remember correctly, about 20 years ago (do not remember which mission) Tom Jones brought a meteorite (do not remember what it was) up in the Shuttle. It may have been the same flight that he brought a Zuni Fetish up (and back). Larry > Interesting idea and article: > http://news.artnet.com/art-world/meteorite-sculpture-will-be-international-space-stations-first-artwork-67923 > > -Art > __ > > 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
