A still from Katie Paterson's film Future Library: a Century Unfolds
The Scottish artist Katie Paterson has raised more than £5,000 for a domestic abuse charity by making available 1,000 digital copies of her book A Place that Exists Only in Moonlight. Each book is individually signed and numbered. Paterson has asked for a minimum donation of £5; all proceeds go towards Scottish Womens Aid because “coronavirus (Covid-19) is fuelling domestic violence”, according to a report in the Guardian, which Paterson cites on her online fundraising page.
“The coronavirus for so many women and children means being trapped at home with an abuser,” Paterson writes on Instagram. Scottish Womens Aid was founded in 1976, and works with police, politicians and other relevant agencies.
The front cover of Katie Paterson's A place that exists only in moonlight. Published Kerber Verlag (2019) Image courtesy the artist and Ingleby, Edinburgh
Patersons book includes more than 100 short texts based on the universe “or an expanded sense of earthly and geological time”. She adds: “In the current moment, when so many of us face stressful days of isolation, mental readjustment and possibly illness, I very much hope that these short lines might offer some relief.” One contributor who has bought the book says: “The way it spans the universe is so freeing during this time of sequestering. It is a beautifully expansive creation.”
For her Future Library project, Paterson planteRead More – Source
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