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Weather Center for the Apocalypse

Amelia Marzec

Hethre Contant, Vincent Dean Boyce, Brian House, Matthew D. Gantt, Ranjit Bhatnagar

Weather Center for the Apocalypse / Future Satellite is alert to an uncertain future. It is a sculptural installation that incorporates new media, performance, and participation. Built primarily with salvaged materials, it predicts changes in our environment and culture that could affect the autonomy of citizens in the event of disaster.
Meet the Artist: Thursday August 3rd 2017 at 7pm
Open to the public on Wed. Aug. 2, Thurs. Aug. 3, Fri. Aug. 4, 2017 from noon-5pm
LOCATION
Harvestworks 596 Broadway #602 New York NY 10012

Phone: 212-431-1130 Subway: F/M/D/B Broadway/Lafayette, R to Prince, #6
to Bleecker
Weather Center for the Apocalypse is alert to an uncertain future. It is a sculptural installation that incorporates new media, performance, and participation. It predicts changes in our environment and culture that could affect the autonomy of citizens in the event of disaster.

It consists of a Weather Tower built primarily with local, salvaged materials, using simple science experiments as the basis for a fully functioning weather station. Environmental sensors monitor weather in the immediate area. News and alerts can be sent out over a personal satellite radio system called Future Satellite. It consists of a satellite dish, a model of a satellite, and a series of radio transmitters and receivers. It can be used to transmit underground music, on days when the apocalypse warnings are low. It will have a radio program running continuously that can be heard through listening stations in the gallery and picked up by FM radios within range.

The project creates an ongoing story on climate change, social change, and the future of media. A Meteorologist will take regular readings from the weather instruments and upload them to a forecast portal. Forecasts will incorporate sources both practical and fantastical, including satellite information, the farmer’s almanac, horoscopes, news of political unrest, and how often it has rained that month. They will rely heavily on news gathered by word of mouth, from videos contributed by visitors to the installation.

The project has been supported by Harvestworks, City University of New York, Flux Factory, University of Vermont, Rutgers University, and Materials for the Arts.
BIO 
Amelia Marzec is an American artist focused on rebuilding local communications infrastructure to prepare for an uncertain future. Her work has been exhibited at SIGGRAPH, MIT, ISEA (Canada), LAPSody (Finland), ONCE Foundation Contemporary Art Biennial (Spain), NODE Forum for Digital Arts Biennial (Germany), and is part of the Rhizome ArtBase. She has been a resident at Eyebeam, a resident at Harvestworks, a fellow at New York Foundation of the Arts, the A.I.R. Gallery Emma Bee Bernstein Fellow, a Tow Fellow at Columbia University, a grantee of the Research Foundation of CUNY, and a nominee for the World Technology Awards for Art. Her work has been featured in Wired, Make, Hyperallergic, Neural Magazine, Metropolis Magazine, NPR, and the front page of Reddit. She holds an MFA in Design and Technology from Parsons School of Design, and a BFA from Mason Gross School of the Arts. She is a founder of the Radical Networks conference, has written for the Huffington Post, taught at Hunter College and Queens College, and has given talks at RISD, Barnard College, and the Queens Museum of Art.
Press Quotes
“While Beethoven is arguably the most famous user of bone conduction technology- he was able to ‘hear’ his music through vibrations in his jawbone when he bit a rod attached to his piano- Marzec and her innovative helmet are on the fast-track to greater success…” -PSFK

“I wanted to hug her, but didn’t want to freak her out.” -Humans of New York
Recent Interviews
Contributors to the Weather Center for the Apocalypse Daily Forecasts: Hethre Contant, Vincent Dean Boyce

Contributors to the Future Satellite Radio Program: Brian House, Matthew D. Gantt, Ranjit Bhatnagar

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Past installation

Aug 2 – Aug 4, 2017

Harvestworks Studio

596 Broadway #602, New York, NY 10012

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Amelia Marzec

Amelia Marzec is an American artist focused on rebuilding and engaging
with local communications infrastructure to prepare for an uncertain future. Her
work has been exhibited at SIGGRAPH, MIT, ISEA (Canada), University of the Arts
Helsinki (Finland), ONCE Foundation Contemporary Art Biennial (Spain), NODE Forum
for Digital Arts Biennial (Germany), and is part of the Rhizome ArtBase. She has
been a resident at Eyebeam, Ox-Bow, and Harvestworks, a fellow at NYSCA/NYFA and
A.I.R. Gallery, a Tow Fellow at Columbia University, a visiting artist at the Center
for Integrated Media at Calarts, a grantee of the Research Foundation of CUNY, and a
nominee for the World Technology Awards for Art. Her work has been featured in
Wired, Make, Hyperallergic, Neural Magazine, Metropolis Magazine, Creators, and the
front page of Reddit. She holds an MFA in Design and Technology from Parsons School
of Design, and a BFA from Mason Gross School of the Arts. She co-founded the Radical
Networks conference; has written for the Huffington Post; and taught at Hunter
College, Queens College, and Pratt Institute.

Hethre Contant

Contributor to the Weather Center for the Apocalypse Daily Forecasts.

Vincent Dean Boyce

Contributor to the Weather Center for the Apocalypse Daily Forecasts.

Brian House

Contributor to the Future Satellite Radio Program.