I have Areas 9, 10, 1, and 8 to complete. I finished plotting the detonations that occurred in Areas 4, 7, 2, and 3. Continue reading
Mapping Every Detonation in Yucca Flat
This week I focused on my map. I am tiling the individual images of each detonation to form one view of Yucca Flat valley. Using the USGS map as a guide in identifying the craters, I determine the relative (x,y) positions for each image. Continue reading
Identifying Images for a GeoEye Foundation Imagery Grant
I applied for a GeoEye Foundation Imagery Grant last month. The Foundation ‘provides satellite imagery grants to support research projects at the university level and within non-governmental organizations.’ (geoeye.com). Continue reading
Mannequins, Selected Sun Prints
Here are a few of the sun prints that I made last week. There is one print for each of the fifty L.A. Darling Co. mannequins used in the March 17, 1953 Annie Test at Yucca Flat. Continue reading
Mannequin Sun Prints, Process
These are the before and after views of the Annie mannequins, as published and described in the J.C. Penney ad from 1953 (Las Vegas Review Journal). Continue reading
Researching the L.A. Darling Co. Mannequins
The Evolution of Silence project also reveals and analyzes the role that display mannequins played in the Civil Defense program. Continue reading
Drawings of Exaggerated Drill Bits and Coaxial Cable Lines
Web-based Mapping, the Beginning
This is a screen shot sketch of the web-based map in which the detonations are organized initially by time (grid view) layered onto a photograph of the desert ground surface. It presents the sites as fragments of a landscape. Continue reading
An Introduction to The Evolution of Silence
An exploration of memory and destruction, The Evolution of Silence is a multi-dimensional project that encompasses drawing, interactive design, mapping, printmaking, and installation. It is a creative investigation into the dramatic transformation of the Yucca Flat valley of the Nevada Test Site (Nevada National Security Site)—the site of experimental, post-World War II nuclear detonations. Continue reading