Cal Poly is pleased to present Strange Birds, a multi-faceted show by interdisciplinary artist Heidi Neilson. The show is open from November 7 to December 6, 2024 in the University Art Gallery in Dexter, blg. 34. An opening reception and talk are set to take place on Nov. 7 from 5-7 pm, with the talk commencing at 5:30 in the gallery.
Satellites, nicknamed “birds” in aerospace and ham radio circles, are critical to our lives but are essentially invisible. Heidi Neilson’s exhibition Strange Birds uses video, electronics, prints, photographs and book works to investigate our relationship with satellites. The different works expose the relationship from different angles—our history and future visions—as well as how these orbiting devices extend our sensory capacities and allow us to participate in environments which we would be unable to perceive well, or even survive at all, ourselves.
