ODDoceans and satellites

Rush Rush to the crash site, you have to take that picture before school starts, because you have work right after. And then, of course, a twist of fate; the entire class goes to the exhibit.


Anyway, the ODD gallery show was some guy, Kelly, who put together a few dot matrix printers and made this giant room speaker which reads live data from seabuoys (those yellow meteorological platforms anchored helter skelter across the oceans, they read things like current direction, wind speed and wave height) and turns it into sound. It's really cool when you see it, because the speakers move around and it makes for an interesting surround sound experience. One of the sounds sounds pretty much like the low bellow of a whale, others are sharp and short, and others sound like blowing wind. I have a video of it, but I don't know how to upload video, and my pictures are locked in the Aperture image library, so I don't know (and it's too late to care) how to upload them. I'll edit them in when I can.

The crashed satellite is a replica of a Lockheed Martin GPS satellite made entirely out of birch wood and then painted to resemble metal - and it is quite successful. It was made by an artist - in - residence from KIAC; a guy called Brandon Vickard.

[EDIT]: My new camera has a manual, Aperture and Shutter function, so from now on my close up shots should be less blurry. Although sometimes blur is cool.