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...]
Exhibition at SPACES: Ground Station – Cleveland, September 25 – January 12, 2018
Ground Station - Cleveland Heidi Neilson ON VIEW: September 25 - January 12, 2018 SPACES, 2900 Detroit Avenue, Cleveland, OH 44113 Heidi Neilson uses the ground station—a terrestrial radio station designed for extra-planetary radiocommunication with spacecraft—as a starting point for artistic research into outer space. She’s interested in how off-planet spaces are … [Read more...]
Sonic Planetarium
Sonic Planetarium, 2017-present. Sound installation, 9 channels. Sonic Planetarium is an audio model of the stuff in earth’s orbit, in real time. Sound from transmissions representing individual satellites are heard as the actual objects pass far overhead, as if we can listen into space. Each Sonic Planetarium installation is site-specific, adapting to the particularities of … [Read more...]
Beachball Antennas
Beachball Antennas, 2016. Four designs based on 3 antenna structures, using beachballs, vinyl, coax cable, copper foil, and software-defined radio. I created a series of antennas in the form of beachballs for temporary installation on the beaches of Southern Florida. The antennas were a site-specific response to the environment and conditions in and around Miami, and were used … [Read more...]