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