Dew Line radar
network Baffin Island
I
called an SAIC news conference and announced my BAFFINLAND conceptual
three-hexagram project in a blackboard chalktalk (image). Major projects were outlined:
Using 3 colored lasers, tracery drawings were to outlines hexagrams
on cloud bottoms. This skydrawing was also to include a serif-font
spelling of the word nasturtium. (linklitho) The main endeavor was the construction
of lighter-than-air hexagrams. I also asked for volunteers to
commit to this unknown experience. (A personal direction-finding
stint and, we possibly will be at the mercy of the prevailing
winds on the north-bound portion of our trip.) Our endeavor
was to launch w/three hexagrams from my sister's Gridley, Illinois
hometown. All the gear, equipment and inflation was given by international
art consortium. Plastic cone speakers in 2-foot spacing grids
lined the bottom of the inflatable hexagrams , and mikes were
placed along side each speaker grid.
The
first day at the Gridley site, we achieved ambient layer recordings
from 25 to 300 feet. Patching, repairs to the main lifting envelope
and the unexpected departure of some people delayed the northbound
journey by a week. We eventually buoyed and steered by winds in
the direction of Chicago.
Baffinland
satellite
view:
The
first arriving hexagram hovers about five thousand feet above
Baffin Island testing the coloration induced by us to highlight
intermixed green-colored clouds and the south-bound cold front
was colored red. (The
more dense clouds remain white puffs and resisted organic dyes.)
My
litho was to have a satellite imaging perspective showing the
clouds and the advancing red cold front in relation to the frozen
ground below. From this view I could see polar bear and the ice
breaking loose from the Foxe Basin on the western side in Foxe
Basin. (
my actual physical walks upon this terrain happened during a visit
here while in the Army
of
theUnited
States
and occured in July-August, 1955 The LSD, USS LINDENWALD
lay at anchor in the bay, etc. picts)
Conceptual
color Lithograph on Arches paper, 1968
( I solicited funds to help me pay for
the paper used in the printing of this BAFFINLAND SERIES. Those
who gave were offered copies of all my lithos.)
ABOVE:
detail of translucent white-colored hexagram & green-colored
clouds.
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