Tuesday 20 November 2012

the sounds of earth

I love the visuals on these records that were sent out to space. The concept would be perfect for the starkey album, however, I'll need to manipulate and experiment with the symbols used on the golden record.

The Voyager Golden Records are phonograph records which were included aboard both Voyager spacecraft, which were launched in 1977. They contain sounds and images selected to portray the diversity of life and culture on Earth, and are intended for any intelligent extraterrestrial life form, or for future humans, who may find them. The Voyager spacecrafts are not heading towards any particular star, but Voyager 1 will be within 1.6 light years of the star Gliese 445 in the Ophiuchus constellation in about 40,000 years.
As the probes are extremely small compared to the vastness of interstellar space, the probability of a space-faring civilization encountering them is very small, especially since the probes will eventually stop emitting any kind of electromagnetic radiation. If they are ever found by an alien species, it will most likely be far in the future as the nearest star on Voyager 1's trajectory will only be reached in 40,000 years.

Thursday 15 November 2012

kaleidoscope

I found this publication, Patrick Anderson 'kaleidescope', which has got some beautiful imagery of reflected scenes. Manipulating the ink images I've taken may create some interesting visuals for me and thee.