How will the conditions on Mars affect the menu? To augment government and private space programs, The Menu for Mars Supper Club researches and taste-tests a menu for dinner tables en route to, and on, the Red Planet. The Menu for Mars Supper Club, co-organized by Heidi Neilson and Douglas Paulson, meets at a different restaurant in NYC on the first Thursday of each month. In … [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...]
#Radio
I am interested in how, as individuals, we can participate in the detection of the Earth’s atmosphere, space environment and satellites using radio. This research has been reflected in the following works, including talks, writings, workshops, and art projects. Writing, presentations & workshops 'Color in Satellite Imagery: An Artist's Perspective,' a talk as part of a … [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...]
Space Junk Guide to the Hayden Planetarium
Space Junk Guide to the Hayden Planetarium, 2012. 5.5 x 8.5 in, 16 pages. This guide uses the Hayden Planetarium Sphere at the American Museum of Natural History as a reference point to describe and locate the phenomena of the debris in Earth’s orbit. VIEW THE GUIDE AS A PDF HERE, images from the guide are below, and a printed version is available at the Flux Factory gallery … [Read more...]