Transmission art encompasses works in which the act of transmitting or receiving is not only significant, but the fulcrum for the artist's intention. The genre is more loosely defined as a multiplicity of practices that engage aural and visual broadcast media… From the earliest experiments with radio, to recent web-based platforms, transmission art is enlivened by technology, … [Read more...]
FM Antenna Building Workshop
I lead a workshop for antenna building at Wave Farm on July 26, 2014. Instructions here as PDF: FM_Antenna_90.7 … [Read more...]
Transmitter Hunt
I lead a Transmitter Hunt during a Wave Farm Lodge event in 2015. We built directional antennas using retractable tape measures and hunted on resort grounds in the Catskills, using a Redbee transmitter. … [Read more...]
Go GOES Radiotelescope
Go GOES Radiotelescope, 2017. Satellite dish and support structures, electronics, software, portable viewport, chair Go GOES Radiotelescope is a portable station for receiving images and weather information from GOES-EAST, a NOAA geostationary spacecraft. By looking through the viewport of the radiotelescope, the viewer is aligned with the satellite—you are looking directly … [Read more...]
Collective-action Motion Study of Anik-E1
Collective-action Motion Study of Anik-E1, 2017 Animation (loop), ~ 700 hand-colored animation frames by over 100 participating artists Geostationary satellites orbit the earth at the same rate that the earth turns, so that from our point of view they remain in the same spot in the sky. The black and white frames of this animation are identical images which were … [Read more...]