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Research Background: Sky Lab was an exhibition of speculative works about our relationship to outer space and sky-situated knowledge by nine national and international artists including Sam Leach and Harry Nankin curated by Dr Felicity Spear. Artists have long directed their gaze skywards and speculated about what lies beyond the clouds. While stars and planets are clearly visible with the naked eye on cloudless nights away from cities, during the day the scattering of daylight obscures their presence. Artists such as David Stephenson and Thomas Ruff have created photographs of the traces and movement of stars across the night sky, while artists from John Constable to Berndnaut Smilder have represented the sky by day. Research Contribution: 66.0667N 18.6600W 21/06/2012-22/06/2012 (Midnight Sun) was created following an artist residency in Iceland and references a specific location north of the Arctic Circle during midsummer where there is 24-hour daylight and the celestial phenomena of the night sky cannot be seen. My aim in this work was to reveal an impossible view of the day and night sky simultaneously using traditional and new technology. I achieved this by superimposing images from the iPhone App Night Sky over six panoramic photographs of the Icelandic landscape/skyscape to create a between-space, neither fully dark nor fully light in order to make visible the invisible. Research Significance: 66.0667N 18.6600W 21/06/2012-22/06/2012 (Midnight Sun) was created following a competitively applied for artist residency in Iceland funded by an Australia Council New Work Grant (Established Artist). The work is shortlisted for the National Works on Paper Award 2014 May 2014 under the title Midnight Sun.研究背景：天空实验室（Sky Lab）是由费利西蒂·斯皮尔博士（Felicity Spear）策展的思辨性作品展，旨在探讨人类与外太空及天空相关认知的关系，集结了包括萨姆·利奇（Sam Leach）、哈里·南金（Harry Nankin）在内的9位国内外艺术家。长久以来，艺术家们始终将目光投向苍穹，思索云层之外的寰宇奥秘。在远离城市的无云之夜，裸眼即可清晰观测恒星与行星；但白日里，日光的散射会遮蔽它们的踪迹。大卫·斯蒂芬森（David Stephenson）、托马斯·拉夫（Thomas Ruff）等艺术家曾创作记录恒星在夜空中轨迹与运行的摄影作品，而从约翰·康斯特布尔（John Constable）到伯恩德瑙特·斯米尔德（Berndnaut Smilder）的诸多艺术家，则以白昼天空为主题进行创作。 研究贡献：作品《66.0667N 18.6600W 21/06/2012-22/06/2012 (Midnight Sun)》是艺术家在冰岛完成驻留创作后产出的作品，其创作灵感源自北极圈以北某特定区域的仲夏时节——彼时当地拥有24小时连续日照，无法观测到夜空的天体现象。本作品的创作目标是通过传统与新兴技术手段，同时呈现白日与黑夜天空的"不可能视角"：创作者将iPhone应用Night Sky生成的夜空星图，叠加至六张冰岛地貌与天空景观的全景照片中，营造出介于明暗之间的"中间地带"，以此让原本不可见的夜空天体得以显现。 研究意义：该作品依托澳大利亚委员会新晋艺术家创作资助金（Australia Council New Work Grant (Established Artist)），通过竞争性申请获得冰岛艺术家驻留项目资格后完成。2014年5月，该作品以《Midnight Sun》为题，入围2014年全国纸上作品奖（National Works on Paper Award）终选名单。