Ground Station – Cleveland
Heidi Neilson
ON VIEW:
September 25 – January 12, 2018
SPACES, 2900 Detroit Avenue, Cleveland, OH 44113
Heidi Neilson uses the ground station—a terrestrial radio station designed for extra-planetary radiocommunication with spacecraft—as a starting point for artistic research into outer space. She’s interested in how off-planet spaces are experienced and understood while grounded here on Earth.
Three works:
Go GOES Radiotelescope, 2017
Satellite dish and support structures, electronics, software, portable viewport, chair
Sonic Planetarium, 2017
Sound installation with 9 speakers, cardboard, rivets, software, databases, website: sonicplanetarium.net
Collective-action Motion Study of Anik-E1, 2017
Animation (loop), ~ 700 hand-colored animation frames by over 100 participating artists
