Join us for a talk on Storm Chasing: Sunday, October 17 at 4 pm Location: Flux Factory, 39-31 29th Street, Long Island City, NY 11101. [Directions here] Climate scientist Anton Seimon applies research on global climate change to environmental conservation for the Wildlife Conservation Society. With work in the high Andes of Peru and the Albertine Rift area in Africa, he … [Read more...]
SP Weathers the Storm
New Yorkers, where were you on Thursday, September 16th from 5-8 PM? SP Weather Station instruments are up and running, despite reports of winds up to 100 mph in Brooklyn and Queens. The SPWS anemometer recorded wind gusts up to 14 mph (a relative high), raising some questions about our instrumentation (and about wind patterns in the Flux Factory neighborhood). Also, our … [Read more...]
Portfolio Launch: 2009 SP Weather Reports
Sunday, August 22nd 4:00 PM Flux Factory: 39-31 29th Street, Long Island City. Free and open to the public The artist-run SP Weather Station, currently based on the roof of Flux Factory, invites you to a release party for its 2009 Weather Report portfolios. Each portfolio in the edition of 30 contains 12 works produced by 12 different artists who were invited to … [Read more...]
Giant Water Barometer @ Flux Science Fair
Two Weekends: June 5-6/12-13, 12-6 PM Science Fair @ Flux Factory 39-21 29th Street, Long Island City Featuring a WATER BAROMETER by SP Weather Station in collaboration with Daniel Robie The first barometer wasn't invented to measure air pressure. In the 17th century, columns of water were used to disprove the church's position that a true vacuum was … [Read more...]
Tomas Saraceno – Cloud Cities
Tomás Saraceno / Cloud Cities Atelier Calder 19 June – 4 July 2010 12 Route du Carroi F-37190 Saché, France http://www.atelier-calder.com/ More info on e-flux: Over the course of his residency at the Atelier Calder, 2009 Calder Prize laureate Tomás Saraceno has continued to develop his project Cloud Cities-Air Port City, a proposed use of space that empowers … [Read more...]