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What looks like a giant silver seashell has been constructed at the Huntington in Pasadena. The art installation, called “Orbit Pavilion,” was inspired by the NASA satellites created at nearby Jet Propulsion Laboratory and will be on view until February. Designed by Studio KCA, the aluminum spiral is about the size of a small apartment. Walk inside, and you’ll find the space awash in a variety of sounds—a frog croaking, leaves blowing in the wind, a human voice. Each sound is linked to one the 19 NASA satellites orbiting the earth, a group that includes global antenna arrays, the deep space network, and the International Space Station. Every time a satellite passes overhead, it triggers its own soundtrack within the spiral. As the satellite moves, the sound also moves between the 28 speakers in the walls.…View Original Post
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What looks like a giant silver seashell has been constructed at the Huntington in Pasadena. The art installation, called “Orbit Pavilion,” was inspired by the NASA satellites created at nearby Jet Propulsion Laboratory and will be on view until February. Designed by Studio KCA, the aluminum spiral is about the size of a small apartment. Walk inside, and you’ll find the space awash in a variety of sounds—a frog croaking, leaves blowing in the wind, a human voice. Each sound is linked to one the 19 NASA satellites orbiting the earth, a group that includes global antenna arrays, the deep space network, and the International Space Station. Every time a satellite passes overhead, it triggers its own soundtrack within the spiral. As the satellite moves, the sound also moves between the 28 speakers in the walls.…View Original Post
