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| Projection Installation Detail. The projection is 4 meters high. |
A digital scan of the Harmless High Atitude Balloon Amateur Radio Equipment master 4x5 transparency.
Large Format Slide Projection, DIY Large Format Slide Projector, DIY
4x5 Camera and Electronics, Balloon Launch Ephemera
Kevin Schmidt has a work which include the DIY, both as a social revelateur and as a
How today being able to dedicate time to a hobby has become somehow a luxury.
"For this project, I made an image of the horizon from 25km above the earth’s surface. I built a custom 4x5 camera rigged with hardware and software that would expose the single piece of film inside at the correct altitude and when the camera was pointed away from the sun, and aimed at the horizon. I then worked with a crew of amateur radio operators to launch and recover my camera on a weather balloon. The title of the work is taken from the label placed on the side of the balloon payload by the amateur radio operators, so that if a stranger found it, they would not think it was a bomb."
"Pour ce projet j'ai photographié l'horizon à 25km d'altitude. Pour cela j'ai construit un dispositif
J'ai travaillé en collaboration avec un groupe d’opérateurs radio amateur pour envoyer et récupérer mon appareil photo attaché à un ballon sonde. Le titre est emprunté aux etiquettes placées sur le chargement du ballon afin qu'il ne soit pas confondu avec une bombe si il venait à etre trouvé par un étranger."
E. S. Mayorga
http://vimeo.com/103274201
