I added 296 images to my Web-based archive last week. The ‘before’ and ‘after’ test shots (or ‘pre’ and ‘post’ shots) that I acquired via Freedom of Information Act Request from the U.S. Geological Survey and the National Nuclear Security Administration, Nevada Site Office are now included in the project. If you are visiting the … Continue reading Adding USGS ‘Before’ and ‘After’ Shots.
The web-based archive of ‘The Evolution of Silence’ will officially launch on September 1, 2013. I have made progress this week and am now sharing the BETA site more widely for feedback. Over the next two months, I will be incorporating more of my research material, writing, and art (solar prints, animations, and coaxial cable … Continue reading BETA Version 1.1.
These last several weeks have been dedicated to setting up summer opportunities and seeking funding. In May, the semester ends and I can concentrate again on my studio work, exhibition proposal, and more grant applications. I have recently added a scale to the web-based archive, and have been working behind the scenes with the code … Continue reading Seeking Funding.
I am in Las Vegas, Nevada for ten days (I arrived Sunday, December 9, 2012). On the first morning, Monday, December 10, I met with curator and historian, Brian Paco Alvarez, and filmmaker and producer, Dan Garrison, at The Beat café in the Emergency Arts Center in downtown Las Vegas (Fremont and 6th). It is … Continue reading In the meadows.
I just returned from presenting my work and research on ‘The Evolution of Silence’ at ‘Remaking Research: Emerging Research Practices in Art and Design.’ The AICAD symposium, hosted by the Emily Carr University of Art and Design in Vancouver, Canada, was held from November 1–3, 2012. You can view the full lineup of presenters and … Continue reading Project featured at ‘Remaking Research’ Symposium.
This is a screen shot of the web-based archive in which the detonations are organized initially by time (grid view). It presents the sites as fragments of a landscape. I am working to create an alternate view which will present a relational view of the detonation sites. Below is a sketch from my storyboard. This … Continue reading Mapping for the web-based archive, the beginning.
Rachele Riley is a graphic designer and artist living and working in Durham, NC (USA). She has been recognized by the AIGA Philadelphia Design Awards (2017) and The Webby Awards Official Honoree in NetArt (2014) for her multimedia piece, The Evolution of Silence, and by Communication Arts Magazine (Typography Annual) for her logo design for … Continue reading About Rachele Riley
I am working towards my September 1 launch date. BETA 1.2 is up. I am now taking advantage of the interval pause between the background images (as they fade in and out of one another behind the tiling of the valley) to evoke the sight and trace of atmospheric tests. Here is the background image … Continue reading BETA Version 1.2
