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...]
Southern Florida Beachball Antenna Archive
Southern Florida Beachball Antenna Archive, 2017, 8.25 x 10.75 inches, 60 pages, digital offset printed, saddle-stitch, softcover The images contained in this archive are a selection of those received as transmissions from orbiting weather satellites using beachball antennas on Southern Florida Beaches in 2015 and 2016. Read more on the Beachball Antennas project page. … [Read more...]
Outernet Library Branch – Wave Farm
Outernet Library Branch - Wave Farm is a receiving station for Outernet data transmissions installed on the grounds of Wave Farm, in Acra, New York, June 2016 to June 2018. Spring 2018: An Unofficial History of the Outernet So Far [here as PDF] brochure publication to accompany the installation. The Outernet (https://outernet.is/), an expanding library collection of data … [Read more...]
YOU ARE HERE
YOU ARE HERE, 2015. 7.5 x 7.5 x 1.75 in. Digital offset printed, 500 pages. YOU ARE HERE contains transmissions received from weather satellites—NOAA 15, 18 & 19—while I was an artist-in-residence at the Klondike Institute of Art and Culture in Dawson City, Yukon Territory, Canada, in October and November of 2014. I received the transmissions using a radio USB dongle, a … [Read more...]