SP Weather Station ~ New York

SP Weather Station 2010 Reports
By Heidi Neilson, et al.
New York: SP Weather Station, 2010. Edition of 30.

12 x 17" heavy paper portfolio with cotton-thread tie closure. Paper title label on front listing each month with artist's name. 12 items laid in.

About SP Weather Station: "Co-founded by artists Natalie Campbell and Heidi Neilson in 2007, SP Weather Station is an interdisciplinary project that collects weather date, hosts a Guest Lecture Series, and organizes weather-related publications, events, and exhibitions….SP Weather Station builds on the existing international phenomenon of Personal Weather Stations. Weather station enthusiasts worldwide combine DIY analogue technology with organized web forums for collecting and analyzing data."

Colophon: "[This set of] works were produced as a portfolio trade in response to SP Weather Station data, one report per month during 2010. As Weather Interpreters, artists were invited to respond to any aspect of monthly data with an edition of 33 multiples in any format.

"At the station base in Long Island City, NY, SPWS logs the following measurements at 5 minute intervals: Relative Pressure, Indoor Temperature, Indoor Humidity, Outdoor Temperature, Outdoor Humidity, Dewpoint, Windchill, Wind Speed, Wind Direction, and Precipitation.

Each artist was assigned a month:

JANUARY - Liz Zanis
     Flux factory's roof in January 2010. 2011. Edition of 30.      Signed and numbered. Screenprint on paper.
     Mr. G and G.G. in January 2010. 2011. 6 x 5" screen print on      balsa wood, necklace chain.
     Both items in 6 x 5" clear cellophane bag.
FEBRUARY - Graham McDougal
     S P Weather Station Weather Report February 2010. 2011.
     Archival ultrachome print, single sheet. 11.5 x 9" scan of      dislodged roof tile for Ithaca, NY. Laser engraved with      drawing based on SPWS wind speed measurements
     through February, except for days weather station was      decommissioned by falling construction debris.
MARCH - James Walsh
     Diary of the weather. 2011. Signed.
     Letterpress print single sheet 16 x 10". Drawn from Rev.      Andrew Burnaby's Travels Through the Middle Settlements in      North America, printed in London
     in 1775.
APRIL - Carissa Carman
     April Showers Portable H2O Filter Number One, Edition of 30.      Signed and numbered.
     Mimaki print on cotton, paper, staples, terra cotta ball, metal      ring, needle, thread. Laid in 8.75 x 6" plastic bag with paper      title label and staple closure.
MAY - Mark Parsons
     A Day & the Data. Edition of 30. Signed and numbered.
     Intaglio, collage and ink on paper. 9.5 x 12.25" single sheet.
JUNE - Tim Dye
     Weather Dots, June 1 -15, 2010. 2010.
     Digital print from series of 15, with color laser print key, 5 x      7". Depicting each day's weather, 24 dots show weather      conditions with color, shape, and orientation.
     Hourly weather readings control the shape's appearance.
JULY - Douglas Paulson
     Are you Able to Appreciate the Weather.
     Single sheet laser print mounted on card board, 8 x 5.375".
AUGUST - Robyn York
     Emotional Weather Report. Anchorless Press.Numbered.
     Pigment print. One sheet book folded to 8 pages of 4.25 x 6".
SEPTEMBER - LoVid (Tali Kinkis and Kyle Lapidus) and Douglas Repetto
     Cross Current Resonance Transducer
     CCRT Spiral Sound Print, 2011. Variable edition of 30 data      driven laser cut screen print on laser cut paper, 10 in.      diameter. Sound wave data from computer voice
     reading of SPWS indoor/outdoor temperature and humidity      values plotted in an Archimedean spiral using custom      software.
OCTOBER - Nicholas Fraser
     October 20, 21, 22. 2011.Signed.
     Digital pigment print, 11 x 11" single sheet. The weather:      ubiquitous and mundane and democratic coloring everything      we do. The spreadsheet of measurements: a
     knotty meaningless mass far removed from what it represented.      The prints: 3 consecutive days, converted into bland charts,      parameters unidentified.
NOVEMBER - Man Bartlett and Angela Washko
     Flux Factory Brainstorming Document, 2011.
     Photocopy with ink and marker, 11 x 8.5" single sheet.
DECEMBER - Ellie Harrison
     UK Weather Report: The Effect of the Weather on the      Market/The Effect of the Market on the Weather, 2011.
     Single channel video recording of Skype performance for SP      Weather Station on April 17, 2011. File available online (not      included in portfolio):      www.spweatherstation.net/?page_id=567.

$125

2009 Reports
By Heidi Neilson, et al.
New York: SP Weather Station, 2009. Edition of 30.

12 x 14.75" heavy paper portfolio with cotton thread tie closure. Paper title label on front listing each month with artist's name. 12 items laid in.

Colophon: "[This set of] works were produced as a portfolio trade in response to SP Weather Station data, one report per month during 2009. As Weather Interpreters, artists were invited to respond to any aspect of monthly data with an edition of 33 multiples in any format.

"At the station base in Long Island City, NY, SPWS logs the following measurements at 5 minute intervals: Relative Pressure, Indoor Temperature, Indoor Humidity, Outdoor Temperature, Outdoor Humidity, Dewpoint, Windchill, Wind Speed, Wind Direction, and Precipitation."

Each artist was assigned a month:

JANUARY - Mike Eastbrook and Vandana Jain.
     January, 2009. 4 x 6" postcard. PDF file of image.
     To download a printable letter-sized pdf version of the image,      link available.
FEBRUARY - Susan Goethel Campbell
     dirty snow february 2009. 5.7" closed, opens to 5 x 41".      Accordion folded. Inkjet printed. Mylar covers with removable      plastic spine.
MARCH - Emily Larned
     March, 2009. 6 x 9" drawing with pencil, watercolor,      letterpress, and rain.
     Each day of the month is unique in that that day's rainfall      altered the day's drawing.
APRIL - Luke Strosnider
     Thirty Skies (Amsterdam/New Amsterdam, 2009). 6.5 x 9.25"      image on 13 x 9.5" paper. Printed inkjet.
MAY - Andrea Polli
     May, 2009. MP3 recording of live performance on a laptop.
     Sonification SPWS data uses pure and sampled sound,      including 'Some Other Spring' by Billie Holiday.
JUNE - Mark Nystrom
     Winds, 2009. Three 11 x 11" inkjet prints with CD. 5 x 5"      folded paper contains CD with printed explanation of the      exercise.
     Wind drawings and digital replays for each day of data taken      with custom instruments at SPWS base.
JULY - Patricia Zarate
     Water No Water, 2009. Set of six 9 x 11" images. 8.5 x 11"; 12      page pamphlet. Housed in 9 x 12" white office envelope with      title on front.
     Comparison of total rainfall in Long Island City, New York,      and San Diego, California. Data collected from the roof-top of      the SP Weather Station.
AUGUST - Jane D. Marsching
     Dance Weather, 2009. 14 x 10.5", inkjet print.
     Translation of wind speed/direction data into dance steps.
SEPTEMBER - Stephanie Rothenberg
     7 days of September 2009 in my Second Life, 2009. Set of 7      images. 3.5 x 6" closed; 24.5" extended. Inkjet printed.
     Postcard like images based on login screens from Second Life.
OCTOBER - Graham Parker
     [untitled] 11 x 14" inkjet print.
     Spam interspersed with 31 days of corresponding weather      data.
NOVEMBER - Isaac Gertman
     10 DAYS 11 HOURS 46 MINUTES 31 SECONDS, 11.5 x 7"      broadside folded, 22.75 x 14" open. Offset print on newsprint.
DECEMBER - Birgit Rathsmann
     The Air of Cold Objectivity 2009. 10.25 x 7.75" inkjet print.
$125

SP Weather Station
2008 Reports
By Heidi Neilson, et al
New York: SP Weather Station, 2008. Edition of 30.

12.25 x 17.5" heavy paper portfolio with cotton thread tie closure. Paper title label on front listing each month with artist's name. 12 items laid in.

Colophon: "[This set of] works were produced as a portfolio trade in response to SP Weather Station data, one report per month during 2008. As Weather Interpreters, artists were invited to respond to any aspect of monthly data with an edition of 33 multiples in any format.

"At the station base in Long Island City, NY, SPWS logs the following measurements at 5 minute intervals: Relative Pressure, Indoor Temperature, Indoor Humidity, Outdoor Temperature, Outdoor Humidity, Dewpoint, Windchill, Wind Speed, Wind Direction, Precipitation."

Each artist was assigned a month:

JANUARY - Heidi Neilson
     January, 2008, 2008. 8.5 x 11 in., color laser print.
FEBRUARY - Natalie Campbell, Daniel Larson, Heidi Neilson, Jing Yu, Liz Zanis
     Leap Day Wind Direction, 2008. 17 x 17 in., screenprint, compass.
MARCH - Katarina Jerinic
     Recorded Wind Direction at 12 noon, March 2008, 2008. 4 x 6 in., archival inkjet print with temporary tattoo.
APRIL - Lize Mogel
     April is the Cruelest Month, 2008. Video, 1 min.
MAY - Chris Petrone
     Untitled, 2008. 6.5 x 16 in., folded, double-sided screenprint with envelope.
JUNE - Bridget Lewis
     Untitled, 2008. 11.5 x 15 in., screenprint.
JULY - Michael Geminder
     Untitled, 2008. 7 x 7 in., lasercut corrugated cardboard.
AUGUST - Leah Beeferman
     A Weather-Reading Device Expands and Contracts as the      Temperature Rises and Falls, 2008. Video, 12 min. 25 sec.
SEPTEMBER - Neil Freeman
     Untitled, 2008. 11.25 x 11.25 in., archival inkjet print.
OCTOBER - Sarah Nicole Phillips
     Entry in a Field Guide: Draft Snakes, 2008. 8.5 x 11 in., laser print.
NOVEMBER - Carrie Dashow
     Untitled, 2008. Video 3 min. 23 sec.
DECEMBER - Richard Garrison
     Wind (Speed & Direction), December 1-31, 2008, 2008. 11 x 17 in.,      archival inkjet print.

$125