L5, or Lagrange point 5, is an area in the moon’s orbit around earth where space colonies are often planned to take place. L5 is a point of relative stasis—a balancing point between the gravity of the earth and the gravity of the moon (there are five such points in any system with one body orbiting another). Little energy is required to stay in orbital position at L5, … [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...]
Faxes from Space
Faxes from Space, 2014. 7.5 x 7.6 x .75 in. Digital offset printed, 200 pages. Faxes from Space contains research and documentation surrounding the build of a quadrifilar helicoidal antenna at Elsewhere, a living museum in a former thrift store in Greensboro, North Carolina. The antenna was used to receive transmissions from orbiting NOAA satellites, which were decoded to … [Read more...]
The Time Machine
Andreas Schmidt's The Time Machine, 2012. 2:48 minutes, looped. Video of The Time Machine book by Andreas Schmidt for his performance '16:47, 16:45' at Whitechapel Gallery, London, UK, on September 23, 2012. '16:47, 16:45' performance still … [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...]