A Machine to Listen to the Sky an audio-visual installation revealing the unheard sounds of the earth’s ionosphere and beyond through custom built Very Low Frequency (VLF) antennas elevated through the use of a tethered weather balloon. These antennas reveal the electromagnetically produced sounds of lightning, the northern lights, Jovian radio, sun activity and man-made technology.
I was lucky enough to be invited to film this project one day in May 2013.
A Machine To Listen To The Sky from Dan Tapper on Vimeo.
A Machine to Listen to the Sky was orchestrated by my peer Daniel Tapper as his final year project for his BA (Hons) in Creative Music Technology.
Daniel also served as the sound designer on my EYES web series project and in return for his services I agreed to film his final project event.
Daniel then took the two hours of footage I had shot and edited the above two and half minute overview video.
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| Dan and his father setting up the balloon antenna |
I really enjoyed filming Daniel's project! Firstly, because it was a super interesting and super quirky project to film. Secondly, it was an insanely nice day to do some filming.
Overall, I found it a very relaxing experience where I could just take my time filming the subject and further honing my videography skills.
You can find out more about A Machine to Listen to the Sky on Dan's blog.
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