Past Visions of the Future Now (longitudes)

Installation by Heidi Neilsen
December 15 – 22, 2024

Opening: December 15, RSVP for location
Exhibition Hours: By appointment, hn@heidineilson.com

Past Visions of the Future Now (longitudes) is an installation of photographs of the sky from the sites of utopias. The photographs all point to the same position in Earth’s orbit where future space habitats have been proposed, connecting the ideals of the past with visions of the future from where we currently stand.

Artist Bio
Heidi Neilson is an interdisciplinary artist whose work explores connections between people on the ground and off-planet conditions and infrastructure. She works in multiple mediums including radio transmissions, sound, prints, books, sculpture, electronics, and video. She is currently co-operating Here GOES Radiotelescope, a sculptural receiving station for transmissions from GOES-16, a NASA-NOAA weather satellite. Neilson is a NYSCA/NYFA Artist Fellow in Digital/Electronic Arts and in Interdisciplinary Work, and her artist books and other works are held in over 100 collections. She lives and works in New York, and her ham radio call sign is KD2ESI.

Image: View of L5 from the Shaker Heritage Society, Albany, NY. 42.74049, -73.81116. Courtesy of the artist.