[sat] Mail von GX Jupitter-Larsen

[Reni Hofmüller]

hey!

greetings from graz! jogi and i - your ion-gun-haters in graz in 2009 - are
2 of the core people of mursat; actually jogi got it all running by 1)
finding out about the possibility, and then 2) getting the first bit
of money to at least pay the hardware.

now we are about 10 people or so from different fields,
currently sitting at ESC (the place, that i run, a small noncommercial
place for contemporary media art), where we installed
our worklab and and exhibition that goes on until the 17th of dec. 
i will take some fotos and put some stuff online, so
that you get an idea...

how did you hear about it?

as for proceedings and plans - we are in the stage of finding out,
what is actually possible, technically speaking. and then we will have
to see how we are going to choose out of the ideas and wishes, because
we are sure, it is going to be more than are possible to realize with
just one of them.
the reduction is part of the charme and challenge :)
if you go to the wiki
http://wiki.mur.at/sat
you can find a first list of ideas and wishes, like cameras, gravity
gradient boom, led, trash scanner or piezo; 

we had a meeting about the technical details and open questions
yesterday, so an update of that will follow soon, too.

from what we know now, the launch date is in late summer/fall 2011,
but who knows :) it has been delayed for more than 6 months now, so it
could take longer.

so - sound/noisewise: the plan/wish/dream is that the piezo will be
able to serve as particle detector, and/or maybe also get some 'solar
winds', and who knows which other sounds we are able to detect; one
idea is also to have a scanner and "hear" the rest of the radio-waves
there; there is some atmosphere/matter left there, so ...

any ideas from your side?

will you be in austria/europe in the next months? would be nice to
meet and hang out a bit and talk...

greetings
reni




On Fri, Dec 10, 2010 at 11:55:43AM +0100, Christain Pointner wrote:
> Dieses Mail ist heute nacht hereingekommen:
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> -------- Original Message --------
> Subject: mur.sat
> Date: Thu, 9 Dec 2010 16:51:05 -0800 (PST)
> From: GX Jupitter-Larsen <gx at jupitter-larsen.com>
> To: verein at mur.at
>
> Hello;
>
> I am GX Jupitter-Larsen, and I wanted to take this opportunity to  
> introduce you to my work in hopes that it might not be too late to  
> somehow be involved in your wonderful space project.
>
> My current sound / performance art piece in entitled "Loud Luggage /  
> Booming Baggage". In this piece, I perform with amplified suitcases. An  
> mp3 clip of this piece can be found at:
>
> http://jupitter-larsen.com/noise/chicago2010.mp3
>
> This piece was also performed in conjunction with the opening for Dirk  
> Bell's light-installation at the BALTIC Centre for Contemporary Art in  
> Gateshead, and Sadie Coles HQ in London this year (see attachment) .
>
> But who am I you ask? Why should you back my work? In the late 1970’s I  
> was done with the Punk scene. I was essentially homeless. So over time I  
> orchestrated an international support network that would allow me to  
> travel to do my art. This network, which I called The Haters was part  
> noise crew, conceptual performance troupe, and fraternity of the absurd.
>
> Back in New York in 1979, confusion for me meant the kind of noise I was  
> looking for wouldn’t be the audible kind. What I was looking for was a  
> sociological transmission. A social distortion instead of sonic feedback  
> would be my personal post-punk mandate. For twenty-plus years I  
> travelled the world several times over, living as a nomad, doing my art.
>
> During the years I lived in San Francisco, I was the sound designer for  
> Mark Pauline's Survival Research Labs.
>
> Now, based in Hollywood, I remain active in sound art. This year I  
> produced a 5 episode series for the Austrian national radio service, the  
> ORF. In this series, entitled "Personal Radio: A Los Angeles perspective  
> on radio art" I invited LA artists to help define just what the medium  
> of radio means to them.
>
> ALL THE BEST
>
> GX Jupitter-Larsen
> PO Box 1386
> Hollywood CA 90078
> USA
>
>
> http://www.jupitter-larsen.com
> http://www.polywave.us


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