From an ongoing feature of the Reanimation Library in which writers ruminate on a book from the library's collection, this one by Corina Bardoff on The Observer's Book of Weather: You could of course read Weather straight through - uncreatively - for sense. It contains gems of information, like, "in very cold weather, where ice crystals are to be found in the lower part of … [Read more...]
SP Weather Station in “Intramural” @ Tiger Strikes Asteroid, Philly
Intramural: Curated by Rachael Gorchov and Caroline Santa June 1 – July 1, 2012 Opening Reception: Friday, June 1, 2012, 6pm - 10pm Tiger Strikes Asteroid 319A North 11th Street 2H, Philadelphia, PA 19107 PHILADELPHIA- Tiger Strikes Asteroid is pleased to announce the opening of our June exhibition, Intramural: Curated by Rachael Gorchov and Caroline Santa The idea … [Read more...]
GUEST LECTURE SPWS & Observatory present Charles Stankievech, 5/20/12
Sunday, May 20th, 7 PM SP Weather Station and Observatory present: Over the Rainbow, Under the Radar: Electromagnetic Infrastructure and Outpost Architecture in the Arctic Lecture and audiovisual presentation by Charles Stankievech Observatory 543 Union Street at Nevins Street, Brooklyn (directions below) $5 suggested donation Over the Rainbow, Under the … [Read more...]
WEATHER MASS MOVEMENT
Thanks to Hope Ginsburg and her Time Studio students at VCU for making WEATHER MASS MOVEMENT, a participatory stop-action animation of Hurricane Irene, come to life in the Sponge HQ in VCU's Anderson Gallery. This is the first in a planned series of stop-motion videos illustrating changes in the sky that take place over time. We had an amazing experience working & … [Read more...]
First-Ever National Weather Center Biennale
From Artinfo: by Benjamin Sutton It’s raining biennales! And though the National Weather Center (NWC) didn’t forecast the recent deluge of bi-annual art prizes, it did announce yesterday that it would throw its weatherproof hat in the ring. To wit, next year will see the debut of the National Weather Center Biennale. Since we are already a week or so past April … [Read more...]