Radio Painting Station by Simon Ingram

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Radio Painting Station

Radio Painting Station

Artist

Simon Ingram
Production Date

2014
Medium

30 paintings,3 archival inkjet prints on paper,1 tower with a SETI horn type antenna
Credit

Chartwell Collection, Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki, purchased 2015 with the generous assistance of John Gow, Gary Langsford and the artist
Accession Number

C2015/1/18
Accession Date

12 Oct 2015
Department

New Zealand Art
Classification

Installation
Collection

Chartwell
Description

The thirty paintings that make up Radio Painting Station plot energy emitted from hydrogen atoms in outer space. This body of work continues Simon Ingram's interest in art's ability to capture energy and effects from the natural world and beyond.

The scans upon which these paintings are based were all taken of energy received from the 21 cm band, otherwise known as “the waterhole”, or, the 1420 MHz frequency. All were taken at 2.28pm on a Monday or Thursday in the months of July to October 2014. At the latitude of 36.873605 and longitude 174.738418