HEIDI NEILSON

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Space Transmissions Playlist

Space Transmissions is a radio program containing segments which I've divided into two categories: transmissions from spacecraft directly, and transmissions which are bounced off of things in space, so echoes of ourselves. The audio clips presented here are historic recordings, some I’ve recorded myself, and some related art pieces. I produced this while a resident of Wave … [Read more...]

Conjuring the Northern Lights

Conjuring the Northern Lights, 2014. 1 min, 51 sec. I created the video Conjuring the Northern Lights while an artist-in-residence at the Klondike Institute of Art and Culture in Dawson City, Yukon Territory, Canada, in October and November of 2014. This video is an experimental sketch made while anticipating seeing the northern lights for the first time. The audio was … [Read more...]

SP Weather Station

Co-founded by artists Natalie Campbell and Heidi Neilson in 2007, and active mostly 2007-2014, SP Weather Station is an interdisciplinary project that collects weather data, hosts a Guest Lecture Series, and organizes weather-related publications, events, and exhibitions. As an informal umbrella organization, SPWS invites participation from many other artists, groups, and … [Read more...]

Long Island City Sundial Field Guide

Long Island City Sundial Field Guide, 2013. 5.83 in x 8.26 in x .28 in., 60-page softcover digital-offset printed book. The Long Island City Sundial is a neighborhood-wide sundial in Queens, New York, just across the East River from Manhattan. The prominent 201-meter Citicorp building's shadow can be tracked across the neighborhood and used to tell time throughout the day and … [Read more...]

Details from the Least Popular

Details from the Least Popular, 2013. 6 x 9 x 1 in. Digital offset print-on-demand, 208 pages, edition of 50. Details from the Least Popular contains the most plain, uninteresting detail areas from the one hundred least popular images in the Hubble Space Telescope image gallery, in order with the least popular first. Accessed on November 30, 2012, the gallery contained 1298 … [Read more...]

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