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SP Weather Station ~ New York
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Heidi Neilson: "SP Weather Station is an interdisciplinary project founded by Natalie Campbell and Heidi Neilson in 2007 that collects weather data, hosts a Guest Lecture Series, and organizes weather-related publications, events, and exhibitions. As an informal umbrella organization, SPWS invites participation from many other artists, groups, and weather enthusiasts, while maintaining a rooftop station base in Long Island City, New York.
"SP Weather Station builds on the existing international phenomenon of Personal Weather Stations. Weather station enthusiasts worldwide combine DIY analogue technology with organized web forums for collecting and analyzing data. By recording its neighborhood's environmental conditions, SPWS participates in and add to some of the many ways people have, throughout history, made their own weather observations. SPWS maintains an interest in new and historical technologies, and in how individuals relate to broader systems and patterns." |
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2009 Reports
By Heidi Neilson, et al.
New York: SP Weather Station, 2009. Edition of 30.
12 x 14.75" heavy paper portfolio with cotton thread tie closure. Paper title label on front listing each month with artist's name. 12 items laid in.
Colophon: "[This set of] works were produced as a portfolio trade in response to SP Weather Station data, one report per month during 2009. As Weather Interpreters, artists were invited to respond to any aspect of monthly data with an edition of 33 multiples in any format.
"At the station base in Long Island City, NY, SPWS logs the following measurements at 5 minute intervals: Relative Pressure, Indoor Temperature, Indoor Humidity, Outdoor Temperature, Outdoor Humidity, Dewpoint, Windchill, Wind Speed, Wind Direction, and Precipitation."
Each artist was assigned a month:
JANUARY - Mike Eastbrook and Vandana Jain.
January, 2009. 4 x 6" postcard. PDF file of image.
To download a printable letter-sized pdf version of the image, link available.
FEBRUARY - Susan Goethel Campbell
dirty snow february 2009. 5.7" closed, opens to 5 x 41". Accordion folded. Inkjet printed. Mylar covers with removable plastic spine.
MARCH - Emily Larned
March, 2009. 6 x 9" drawing with pencil, watercolor, letterpress, and rain.
Each day of the month is unique in that that day's rainfall altered the day's drawing.
APRIL - Luke Strosnider
Thirty Skies (Amsterdam/New Amsterdam, 2009). 6.5 x 9.25" image on 13 x 9.5" paper. Printed inkjet.
MAY - Andrea Polli
May, 2009. MP3 recording of live performance on a laptop.
Sonification SPWS data uses pure and sampled sound, including 'Some Other Spring' by Billie Holiday.
JUNE - Mark Nystrom
Winds, 2009. Three 11 x 11" inkjet prints with CD. 5 x 5" folded paper contains CD with printed explanation of the exercise.
Wind drawings and digital replays for each day of data taken with custom instruments at SPWS base.
JULY - Patricia Zarate
Water No Water, 2009. Set of six 9 x 11" images. 8.5 x 11"; 12 page pamphlet. Housed in 9 x 12" white office envelope with title on front.
Comparison of total rainfall in Long Island City, New York, and San Diego, California. Data collected from the roof-top of the SP Weather Station.
AUGUST - Jane D. Marsching
Dance Weather, 2009. 14 x 10.5", inkjet print.
Translation of wind speed/direction data into dance steps.
SEPTEMBER - Stephanie Rothenberg
7 days of September 2009 in my Second Life, 2009. Set of 7 images. 3.5 x 6" closed; 24.5" extended. Inkjet printed.
Postcard like images based on login screens from Second Life.
OCTOBER - Graham Parker
[untitled] 11 x 14" inkjet print.
Spam interspersed with 31 days of corresponding weather data.
NOVEMBER - Isaac Gertman
10 DAYS 11 HOURS 46 MINUTES 31 SECONDS, 11.5 x 7" broadside folded, 22.75 x 14" open. Offset print on newsprint.
DECEMBER - Birgit Rathsmann
The Air of Cold Objectivity 2009. 10.25 x 7.75" inkjet print.
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SP Weather Station
2008 Reports
By Heidi Neilson, et al
New York: SP Weather Station, 2008. Edition of 30.
12.25 x 17.5" heavy paper portfolio with cotton thread tie closure. Paper title label on front listing each month with artist's name. 12 items laid in.
Colophon: "[This set of] works were produced as a portfolio trade in response to SP Weather Station data, one report per month during 2008. As Weather Interpreters, artists were invited to respond to any aspect of monthly data with an edition of 33 multiples in any format.
"At the station base in Long Island City, NY, SPWS logs the following measurements at 5 minute intervals: Relative Pressure, Indoor Temperature, Indoor Humidity, Outdoor Temperature, Outdoor Humidity, Dewpoint, Windchill, Wind Speed, Wind Direction, Precipitation."
Each artist was assigned a month:
JANUARY - Heidi Neilson
January, 2008, 2008. 8.5 x 11 in., color laser print.
FEBRUARY - Natalie Campbell, Daniel Larson, Heidi Neilson, Jing Yu, Liz Zanis
Leap Day Wind Direction, 2008. 17 x 17 in., screenprint, compass.
MARCH - Katarina Jerinic
Recorded Wind Direction at 12 noon, March 2008, 2008. 4 x 6 in., archival inkjet print with temporary tattoo.
APRIL - Lize Mogel
April is the Cruelest Month, 2008. Video, 1 min.
MAY - Chris Petrone
Untitled, 2008. 6.5 x 16 in., folded, double-sided screenprint with envelope.
JUNE - Bridget Lewis
Untitled, 2008. 11.5 x 15 in., screenprint.
JULY - Michael Geminder
Untitled, 2008. 7 x 7 in., lasercut corrugated cardboard.
AUGUST - Leah Beeferman
A Weather-Reading Device Expands and Contracts as the Temperature Rises and Falls, 2008. Video, 12 min. 25 sec.
SEPTEMBER - Neil Freeman
Untitled, 2008. 11.25 x 11.25 in., archival inkjet print.
OCTOBER - Sarah Nicole Phillips
Entry in a Field Guide: Draft Snakes, 2008. 8.5 x 11 in., laser print.
NOVEMBER - Carrie Dashow
Untitled, 2008. Video 3 min. 23 sec.
DECEMBER - Richard Garrison
Wind (Speed & Direction), December 1-31, 2008, 2008. 11 x 17 in., archival inkjet print.
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