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May 27, 2011

metaconscious:

ESO ALMA Antenna Time Lapse

“Time-lapse of a whole night at the ALMA Array Operations Site (AOS), located at 5000 meters altitude on the Chajnantor plateau, in the II Region of Chile. As the Moon sets at the beginning of the night, three of the first ALMA antennas start tests as part of the ongoing Commissioning and Science Verification process. Because they are pointing at the same target in the sky at any moment, their movements are perfectly synchronized. 

As the sky appears to rotate clockwise around the south celestial pole (roughly on the upper left edge of the video), the Milky Way goes down slowly, until it is lying almost horizontal before sunrise. The center of our galaxy becomes visible during the second half of the night as a yellowish bulge crossed by dark lanes in the center of the image, just above the antennas.

The flashes on the ground are the car lights of the guards patrolling at the AOS. ALMA, the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array is the largest astronomical project in existence and is a truly global partnership between the scientific communities of East Asia, Europe and North America with Chile. ESO is the European partner in ALMA.”

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Almost every inch of this beach was like a tiny abstract painting. If only I could slice of the delicious clay crust of this historic and rugged coastline. Natural installations are imminent.
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#landart #nature #wip #artistinresidence #claypainting #beach #fieldwork #geology #earth #elements #alchemy #axismundi #newwork #art #residency #blue
Nothing like some blue clay on a beach to excite the ceramicist in me. There’s gonna be some digging. Watch this space.
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#artistinresidence #art #artist #inspiration #ceramics #blueclay #nature #beach #naturalmaterials #earth #elements #alchemy #axismundi #wip #workinginnature #residency
Finally managed to get on the beach for some ‘field work’ last week. Itching to get started on some of the installations and sculptures I’ve been talking to the students about at Josephine Butler College. Can’t wait to see them get their hands dirty. The array of colours on this clay filled beach is stunning.
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#clay beach #wip #residency #josephinebutler #durhum #fieldwork #nature #naturalmaterials #elements #alchemy #atonewithnature #artistinresidence
I have an enormous crush on Sol LeWitt and I’m very comfortable with that.
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#ilovesollewitt #artistcrush #sollewitt #justdo #artbyinstruction #drawing #blackandwhite #process #method
I get mini somersaults with this guy’s work.
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#drawing #blackandwhite #simpleinstructions #whatisart #sfmoma #artistdayout #raredayoff #culture #gallery #art #sollewitt #artistcrush
Detail. Detail. Detail. This artist gives me a warm fuzzy feeling inside. Can you see what it is yet?
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#sfmoma #gallery #artgeek #scribble #blackandwhite #simplicity #drawing #sollewitt #justdo
Artists look at the most ordinary things with a different eye. This is one of those moments.
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#inspiredbynature #art #elements #artistinresidence #nature #snow #water #blackandwhite #photography #residency #josephinebutler #linedrawing #joyinthemundane
Accidental line drawings in the snow making the cogs turn.
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#linedrawing #snow #nature #inspiration #elements #water #residency #artist #durham #artistinresidence
A walk in nature always gets the creative juices flowing. Ideas forming for my new residency
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#linedrawing #blackandwhite #photography #snow #nature #residency #artist #josephinebutler #elements #axismundi
Nothing like the classics to put you in the zone.
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#spiders #louisebourgeois  #sculpture #dayoff #art #gallery

Fresh Tweets

  • RT @mcleish_t: Yes! And thanks for the lovely words! I am so looking forward to discussing the issues it raises on art, science, c… https://t.co/ltto2eeyFj
    about 2 weeks ago
  • RT @LeeMackenzie14: Representing @butlerjcr @durham_uni at @HelixArts's excellent #HADADi event with @alexlovesclay. If you're a studen… https://t.co/vSGGMePGAQ
    about 2 weeks ago
  • I just started following Jeff Zhu on #Vimeo: https://t.co/it5yBiOWPg
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