NOAA webcam
NOAA webcam / travelplay
2003/2005
video installation including 2 videos, video projector, 1 4” x 6” LCD screen, Dixie cups, thread, fm transmitter
In 2005 I made a time-lapse film from one season of daily images from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s scientific web cam deployed yearly at the north pole from April to October. The sound is transmitted live on an FM frequency that can be heard in a 1/4 mile radius and can be downloaded to your IPOD. The sound is by Victor McSurely. It is a pastiche of sounds gathered from the arctic, including: cracking ice in Greenland, ice flows, white whales, and underwater physical disturbance (such as earthquakes). The small LCD screen shows an archive of monochromatic videos of a small boy playing with the technologies of travel: planes, trains, and boats.
Images courtesy NOAA/PMEL
MP3 download of soundscape version 1.0 by Victor McSurely
sound sources:
Ronald Kramer's recording of cracking ice in Greenland
Historical Naval Ship's Association sounds of ice flows, white whales, underwater physical disturbance (earthquake)
United Nations Environmental Program sound of the arctic bird, Little Stint
Stephen P. McGreevy's ground-based ELF-VLF recordings, specifically alberta and vancouver island northern lights
radio emissions