Stand on a cliff of the right height in relation to the horizon. Using sensitively tuned equipment, look out to see a past resonating off the ocean (past-present interferometry).
Sea-cliff interferometry, Te Ahua Point, 20190131 (2019)
Other works by The Observatory Project
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Backscatter interferometry, Piha Radar station, 20190131 (2019)
Instructions for mapping atmospheric conditions.
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Super-tangential interferometry, IRASR, 20190131 (2019)
The artists climb a thirty metre radio antenna and make observations.
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Non-standard Measures (2024)
In Non-standard Measures, members of The Observatory Project use blank tape measures to mark out the metric and imperial units of length recorded in the public standard measures that were installed in Paris and London in the 18th century.