Innovative solution to modern art found: Shoot it into space

The quickest way to get ahead in the art world is to appear insane

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New artist takes modern art to a new level

The scattering of scatological references in museums as a means of demonstrating the superiority of art versus life, and the triumph of the artist's vision over the limited intellect of the museum goer, has reached endemic proportions and poses the very question which it was designed to answer: what is art? By transmuting existing artworks using the medium of chemically induced oxidation reactions*, the artist expresses the universal constancy of life and the biblical meme "ashes to ashes", which, whether it occurs over a period of thousands of years or thousands of seconds, still constitute an expression of art in the face of a credo imposed by the establishment.

* By burning them

""The iron, metal and dust inside have been reformed, and the layers of its cosmic lifespan – the intermixing of space and time, the billions of years of pressure and change – have become collapsed, transformed and then, by the hand of human technology, renewed,” explains artist Katie Paterson, the brains behind this idea"

What a massive wank. Pretty sure most stoners have come up with more creative things to do whilst face down in their own vomit.

“These are important questions, and space exploration together with art are helping us answer them.”

“These are important questions, and space exploration is helping us answer them.”

fixed.

" artist Katie Paterson, the brains behind this idea"

That's where you needs to have your brains to think up an idea like this.

I just lurve the new comments look here on The Register. It's so hip Windows 8 derivative darling.

The art is not in the art

I have been involved at the fringes of the art world a little in the last few years having helped to set up one or two exhibitions and attending some major events.

Something I have noticed is that every artist has a paragraph on their cards or pamphlets that describes their message or the raison d'etre behind their art; the more convoluted and unintelligible this bollocks is, the more seriously they seem to be taken.

I think an artist could produce the most incredible piece of work ever and if he simply said he did it 'Because it's pretty' he would never get anywhere.

For a successful modern artist the art is in the BS.

My next piece will be a pedestal; on it will be a piece of raw marble and a brand new hammer and chisel. The title of the piece will be "...meh".

Splarrggh of Thhlurrrgghh is very excited.

When Splarrggh saw the results of the x-ray crystallography on the outwardly normal meteorite, his sensor-fronds flapped rapidly with excitement. "Hey, guys-of-all-sixteen-genders, there's something really odd here!", he trumpeted.

Re: completely black slides made by photographing dark bits of sky.

I thought that if the Hubble Deep Field images had taught us anything, it was that there are no completely dark bits of sky.

Oh that's cute!

An artist trying to be sciencey :D

There are many actual artists that use scientific principles in the creation of their work.

Katie Patterson would do well to study their attempts.

Turner Contemporary gallery?

Contemptible Turd gallery more like.

Philistine techies

Amusing to see Reg commenters competing with each other, to demonstrate how shallow they are.

This idea has been in gestation for the best part of ten years (I heard about it about then). I thought it was terrific then. It will be even better, if/when it acually happens.

Putting something back, which had been dumped on us by the universe, couldn't be a stronger expression of humanity. I applaud the artist (and ESA, if they buy into it).