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...]
Go GOES Radiotelescope
Go GOES Radiotelescope, 2017. Satellite dish and support structures, electronics, software, portable viewport, chair Go GOES Radiotelescope is a portable station for receiving images and weather information from GOES-EAST, a NOAA geostationary spacecraft. By looking through the viewport of the radiotelescope, the viewer is aligned with the satellite—you are looking directly … [Read more...]
Collective-action Motion Study of Anik-E1
Collective-action Motion Study of Anik-E1, 2017 Animation (loop), ~ 700 hand-colored animation frames by over 100 participating artists Geostationary satellites orbit the earth at the same rate that the earth turns, so that from our point of view they remain in the same spot in the sky. The black and white frames of this animation are identical images which were … [Read more...]
Sonic Planetarium
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...]