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On a tight budget, documenting art that lives in a lake can be quite a challenge - especially when it's composed of "6,000 tons of rock and soil" -
After considering nearly every possible way to document "Spiral Jetty" from above -- Rent a weather satellite? An airplane? A helicopter? Use a kite? -- the institute, which often works in countries where conservation projects are carried out on shoestring budgets, came up with a remarkably simple solution: a $50 disposable latex weather balloon, easily bought online. Along with a little helium, some fishing line, a slightly hacked Canon PowerShot G9 point-and-shoot digital camera, an improvised plywood and metal cradle for the camera and some plastic zip ties (to keep the cradle attached and the neck of the balloon cinched), a floating land-art documentation machine was improvised, MacGyver-like.Full Story over at NYTimes. [Thanks, Erica!]
I'm glad you linked to this story. I read it today and reminded me of our kite aerial photography project. I was glad to see a couple of clever people in the art world take such a creative approach. Also, the Spiral Jetty is a pretty amazing piece of art.
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I wonder if the camera was "slightly hacked" by using CHDK firmware.
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