Turner Contemporary's video: A Place That Exists Only In Moonlight: Katie Paterson JMW Turner Turner Contemporary

Hear artist Katie Paterson talk about art and science, space and time. See her awe-inspiring artworks inspired by astronomy and cosmology, the imagination, the natural world and the entire universe. Paterson’s new exhibition ‘A place that exists only in moonlight: Katie Paterson & JMW Turner’ is at Turner Contemporary from Saturday 26 January - Monday 6 May 2019. Paterson transforms simple yet seemingly impossible ideas into incredible artworks, from a candle that smells like the universe, to a light bulb that simulates moonlight. Her exhibition at Turner Contemporary features a colour wheel that charts the colour of the universe and a mirror ball shining with the image of every solar eclipse recorded by humankind. Throughout her career, Paterson has worked with lighting engineers, geographers, geologists, perfumers, biochemists, technicians, biologists, horologists, foresters, paleontologists and other professionals to ensure her artworks are scientifically accurate whilst being philosophically powerful. This film includes three astrophysicists who have worked with Paterson on The Cosmic Spectrum and Totality. In this film, Paterson also discusses her fascination with JMW Turner’s paintings that relate to the natural world, including moonscapes, glaciers, and mountains, and well as both artists' shared connection with Margate. Paterson notes the astonishing colours of the coastal environment in Thanet, the sunsets and the wild seas. Find out more about the exhibition on Turner Contemporary's website here: https://www.turnercontemporary.org/ex... Featured in film: Katie Paterson, Artist Fiona Parry, Senior Curator at Turner Contemporary Dr Steven Fossey, Senior Teaching Fellow, UCL Observatory Professor Richard Ellis, Professor of Astrophysics, UCL Professor Ivan Baldry, Professor of astrophysics, Liverpool John Moores University Artworks featured in film: Katie Paterson The Cosmic Spectrum, 2019 Totality, 2016. Arts Council Collection, Southbank Centre, London. A 70th Anniversary Commission for the Arts Council Collection Ara, 2016. Courtesy of the artist Colour Field, 2016. Courtesy of the artist History of Darkness, 2010 – ongoing. Courtesy of the artist Timepieces, 2014. Courtesy of the artist Light bulb to Simulate Moonlight, 2008. National Galleries of Scotland. Purchased with help from the Knapping Fund 2011 Ideas, 2015 – ongoing. Courtesy of Ingleby Gallery, James Cohan (New York), Parafin (London), Private Collection, The Art Collection (University of Stirling) Fossil Necklace, 2013. Courtesy of the artist Earth – Moon – Earth (Moonlight Sonata Reflected from the Surface of the Moon), 2007 JMW Turner Orange Sunset, 1840 © Tate Lowestoffe, Suffolk, 1837 © Tate Mont Blanc and the Glacier des Bossons from above Chamonix, dawn, 1836 © Tate The Eruption of Souffrier, St Vincent, at midnight, on the 30th April, 1812 © Victoria Gallery & Museum, University of Liverpool Coastal Terrain, 1825 © Tate Storm at Sea, 1824 © Tate Moonlight on River, 1826 © Tate Subscribe to our channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC46lUBP5S4Vzu6dgO6YISPg/?sub_confirmation=1 Find out more at: https://www.turnercontemporary.org/