We're happy to report that in the fall, visiting professor Susan Mills assigned SP Weather Station's data to her Art of The Book course at Pratt Institute as the inspiration for their final semester project. The projects were on display at Pratt's library; below are a few examples of the array of works. Course participants: Michelle Park, Jennifer Crain, Mina Park, Natalia … [Read more...]
Public installation of Rena Leinberger’s work
SPWS Weather Interpreter (January 2012) Rena Leinberger's new work, When it opens like this, up is not over, was presented on Friday under the Queensborough Bridge, at the junction of Queensboro Plaza and Vernon Boulevard in Long Island City. The works will be installed until October 31 of this year--check it out--Congratulations Rena! When it opens like this, up is not … [Read more...]
BMW apologizes for storm
BMW apologized after a PR strategy to pay for the naming rights to a weather system backfired -- that system turned into the deep freeze that's claimed dozens of lives across Europe. The goal was to promote BMW's Mini Cooper brand by paying Germany's meteorological office 299 euros ($392) to name a system "Cooper" -- a practice in place since 2002 to help fund weather … [Read more...]
Announcing 2012-2013 Weather Interpreters
SPWS is pleased to announce the artists who will participate in the 2012-2013 SP Weather Reports. Now in its fifth year, SP Weather Reports is a collated portfolio published annually by SPWS. This is the first time artists have been selected through an advertised open call. As with prior years, SPWS will send one month of data from its weather station on the Flux Factor … [Read more...]
Tim Dye (SPWS June 2010 weather interpreter) on importance of personal data collection
Tim Dye explains the importance of personally collected environmental data in a great 5 minute presentation--Thanks Tim! … [Read more...]