Here GOES Radiotelescope, 2020. Heidi Neilson & Harry Dove-Robinson. Satellite dish with sculptural seating, electronics, software. On long-term view at Wave Farm, Acra NY. Here GOES Radiotelescope is an artist-run DIY ground station receiving the satellite GOES-16's faint, data-dense GRB transmission, and is one of only about 15 independent civilian stations to do so. … [Read more...]
Remote Magnetometer
Remote Magnetometer, 2022. Electronics (computer, audio interface, bass pickups, speakers, software), hardware, mixed materials. ~ 14 in x 14 in x 10-27 feet. Remote Magnetometer is a sound instrument which is based physically and conceptually on the Magnetometer scientific instrument on the NOAA-NASA GOES-16 weather satellite, which monitors solar wind colliding with the … [Read more...]
Space Weather Instrument Ensemble
Space Weather Instrument Ensemble, 2022. multi-channel sound installation. Instruments on the NOAA weather satellite GOES-16 monitor the Sun’s energy as it touches the spacecraft. Space Weather Instrument Ensemble [SWIE] is comprised of replicas of a suite of these energy-monitoring satellite instruments, and the suite plays the data collected by the original instruments as … [Read more...]
Moon Arrow
Moon Arrow is a sculptural arrow which continually points at the moon. It is installed temporarily on shorelines and other public locations around New York City and filmed in time lapse to reveal the motion of the arrow alongside the motion of tides and people. Moon Arrow, 2018. ~ 3 ft x 3 ft x 6 ft, electronics (raspberry pi, arduino, servos), mixed materials. Designed for … [Read more...]
Sonic Planetarium: Satellite Pipes
Sonic Planetarium: Satellite Pipes is a site-specific variation of Sonic Planetarium at Tufts University as part of TuftsPUBLIC: Wave Farm in Residence and is on view November 2018 to May 2019. Seven silver cylinders hang from the Aidekman Art Center’s atrium ceiling and channel audio representing satellites and other orbiting objects which are within radio transmission … [Read more...]