METEORITE LANDS ON ST PAUL'S CATHEDRAL

© Courtesy the artist and Frith Street Gallery, London

METEORITE LANDS ON ST PAUL'S CATHEDRAL 1998

Cornelia Parker (1956 – )

Details

Dimension
54 X 69 CM
Media
MAPLE BOXED FRAMED MAP OF LONDON REVEALING BURN MARK LEFT BY THE METEORITE
Accession number
P7323

Summary

Cornelia Parker has been working on a project to send a meteorite back whence it came. In anticipation of the event she has made a series of meteorite landings on London using a Gibeon Meteorite found in Namibia in 1836. The meteorite is heated and then placed on the various locations on an enlarged map of London, burning its way through the city’s famous and infamous sites, leaving only its imprint. “An alien object from space, the meteorite, embodies the fear of the unknown, fear of the future. In this sense this is an apocalyptic work for the end of the millennium.”

Multiplication, The British Council 2001 text © The Multiple Store

 

Glossary

  • Imprint

    In a bibliographic item, the name of the publisher, distributor, or manufacturer, and the place and date of publication.