“Co-founded by artists Natalie Campbell and Heidi Neilson in 2007, SP Weather Station is an interdisciplinary project that collects weather data, hosts a Guest Lecture Series, and organizes weather-related publications, events, and exhibitions. As an informal umbrella organization, SPWS invites participation from many other artists, groups, and weather enthusiasts, while maintaining a rooftop station base in Long Island City, New York. View photos of the Flux Factory station setup, and see collected data online at Weather Underground and PWS Weather. — 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. By recording its neighborhood’s environmental conditions, SPWS participates in and add to some of the many ways people have, throughout history, made their own weather observations. SPWS maintains an interest in new and historical technologies, and in how individuals relate to broader systems and patterns. — SP Weather Station/Flux Factory is situated within the Newtown Creek watershed and is a participating station in the Newtown Creek Alliance’s Weather in the Watershed compilation map.”–(www.spweatherstation.net).
“The enclosed 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”–Flyer.
Limited ed. of 30 copies.
Works by: Mike Estabrook and Vandana Jain, Susan Goethel Campbell, Emily Larned, Luke Strosnider, Andrea Polli, Mark Nystrom, Patricia Zarate, Jane D. Marsching, Stephanie Rothenberg, Graham Parker, Isaac Gertman, and Birgit Rathsmann.