Shifting Communities: SP Weather Station; Laura Napier; Christy Speakman Bronx River Art Center / BRAC on the block @ Bronx Art Space 305 E 140th St #1A Bronx, NY October 21 – November 19, 2011 Opening Friday, October 21st 6-9 PM Public events: Sunday, October 30th 5PM: Screening of Owning the Weather Sunday, November 6th 3-6PM: DIY Weather Report … [Read more...]
EARTH / FUTURE Wrapup
Thanks to Judy Natal and everyone who came out for her EARTH / FUTURE presentation on Sunday, particularly the Congress of Collectives participants. Special thanks to Meow Wolf, who created the immersive psychedelic installation in which many Congress events will take place this month, and to Parfyme, for helping with with our visual bibliography on futurity (more after the … [Read more...]
GUEST LECTURE Earth / Future: October 9 with Judy Natal
Sunday, October 9, 4 PM SP Weather Station Event in conjunction with the Congress of Collectives EARTH / FUTURE Utopia—Dystopia—Ecotopia? with Judy Natal Flux Factory 39-31 29th Street, Long Island City Free and open to the public Why do artists imagine the future? Will we see Utopia? Dystopia? Ecotopia? In the third in a series of events related to Air, … [Read more...]
NYC Weather Stations?
If you operate a weather station in the NYC area - as a citizen-scientist, researcher, or hobbyist - we would like to hear from you! We want to get answers to simple questions such as how long you have operated your station, what kind of station you use and what unusual stories you have from monitoring the weather over the years... You can fill out our survey … [Read more...]
Hurricane Irene from space, etc.
As Hurricane Irene (the size of California) moves up the east coast, and NYC prepares with its first-ever system wide MTA shutdown at noon today, SP Weather Station is removing its instruments temporarily from the rooftop of Flux Factory. Batten down the hatches, East Coast. NYC evacuation zones: http://project-s3.wnyc.org/news-maps/hurricane-zones/hurricane-zones.html … [Read more...]