A space age take on photography, satellite imagery captures galactic scenery and transforms it into readable and useful visual data. Visual artist duo Semiconductor is comprised of Ruth Jarman and Joe Gerhardt, who work together to explore life around us and the physical universe. With impressive fellowships under their belts including stints with the Smithsonian Artists Research department and NASA Space Sciences, the duo used moving images and raw satellite to produce Brilliant Noise, a video portrait of the sun. Delving into the depths of the NASA data vaults, Ruth and Joe reorganised satellite images into time-lapse progressions. Incorporating natural solar-radio sound and white noise from cosmic rays, Semiconductor proves that art can leap into other dimensions, and cross space and time. Until July 31 at the Institute of Modern Art.
