From Blonde Art Books (check their excellent photos too): Our first event on the Blonde Art Books tour was a huge success last night at Furthermore in Washington, DC. Blonde Art Books led a series of presentations of various local independent publishing projects. Larissa Leclair of the Indie Photobook Library shared over 30 photobooks from the library that have been donated … [Read more...]
Tide and Current Taxi expedition
On Saturday, May 18, at dawn, SP Weather Station partnered with Marie Lorenz's Tide and Current Taxi on a water-borne dérive in Jamaica Bay. We brought along maps of flight paths and Atlantic coast bird migration routes and, very loosely, let them guide our journey. Marie's blog entry gives a pretty great overview of the day. … [Read more...]
Ellie Irons in “Drawn to Nature,” Wave Hill
2013 SPWS Weather Interpreter Ellie Irons will present a range of pieces from her Invasive Pigments project, opening tomorrow. Ellie will conduct a workshop this Saturday April 6th from 12–2pm; the exhibition reception is on Sunday, April 7th from 2–4:30pm. Full details/link below! Drawn to Nature Wave Hill, Glyndor Gallery April 2 – June 16, 2013 Directions & … [Read more...]
12/29: A Perfect Snow in NYC
By Andy Newman for The New York Times: The ideal city snowstorm, meteorological Platonists say, blankets the landscape without burying it, beautifies but does not burden, transforms and cocoons without paralyzing or even particularly inconveniencing. Such an event is expected to come our way on Saturday. Flakes should begin falling around 11 a.m., as a low pressure … [Read more...]
Street Sensing: seeing tiny particles
If you're in San Francisco, check out SPWS weather interpreter Tim Dye's new project 'Street Sensing: seeing tiny particles', on Saturday, October 20 as part of a tech-art event in San Francisco at the Urban Prototyping exhibition. 'Street Sensing: seeing tiny particles' will use AirCasting to crowd source air quality measurements collected by citizens. Attendees will have a … [Read more...]