ATMOSPHERIC DRAWING 001
42.60678° N, 73.56262° W
india ink on canvas, 24x24 ft., 4 panels

aviation weather reports at the time of this experiment:
KALB 091451Z 15006KT 10SM SCT016 BKN021 OVC250 27/22 A2985
KALB 091551Z 16006KT 10SM BKN021 BKN200 OVC250 28/22 A2984
KALB 091651Z 10005KT 10SM BKN023 BKN180 OVC250 29/22 A2981

contributing artists:
Farida Amar (lead), Melike Beleli, Max Bondu, Filipe Macia, Uri Wegman

protocol:
A 200g latex weather balloon filled with .9m3 of helium tied to a concrete brick with 100% polypropylene twine placed at the center of a 24 ft. square canvas floating on Burden Lake. An empty 16 oz. paper cup tied to the base of the balloon and filled with an ink-water solution. The balloon is released and allowed to move on its own in any direction. As the balloon responds to its atmosphere, the ink tracks its movement above the canvas through a calibrated leak installed in the base of the cup; generating the first atmospheric drawing of this series.

Listening to The Sky, an artist residency program hosted by Arts Letters and Numbers led by the Truant School, asked participants to explore and invent new ways of looking, listening or feeling the atmosphere above us, around us and within us. Together, we built low tech devices and tools that allow us to sense and interpret air, clouds, waves and particles through sound, image, touch and more.

Atmospheric Drawing 001

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Detail of canvas

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Video display and deflated 8ft weather balloon

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BTS video

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Wind direction indication accurate to position of viewer in gallery

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BTS image

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