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By Anonymous Stranger, Section the secret room
Posted on Mon Sep 1st, 2003 at 11:26:52 PM EURODISCORDIA TIME
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PRESS RELEASE MLAB280803001M
Makrolab, Isola di Campalto, Laguna di Venezia 28.8.03 8.45AM
OPERATIONS ON THE LAB CONTINUE WITH THE LAUNCH OF TWO METEOROLOGICAL
SOUNDING BALOONS EQUIPPED WITH A 2.4GHz OPEN IMAGING SYSTEM IN
COOPERATION WITH THE REPARTO SPERIMENTAZIONI DI METEOROLOGIA AERONAUTICA
OF THE ITALIAN AIR FORCE METEOROLOGY SERVICE AND THE BALOON IN NO MAN'S
LAND PROJECT BY THE ARTIST NIN BRUDERMANN
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The MAKROLAB project is an ongoing mobile laboratory setup built for the
open and integral research and common work of artists, scientists and
tactical media workers in the fields of telecommunications, migrations
research, weather and climate.
It was first set up in 1997, during the documenta X exhibition in
Kassel, Germany, and was consequently operating in Western Australia
(Rottnest Island), Slovenia (Veliki Kras) and in the Scotish Highlands
(Atholl Estates). The final aim of the project is the establishment of
an independent art and science based research station on the Antarctic
continent in 2007.
On June 13, 2003 the lab in the markIIex architecture phase started
operations on the island of Campalto (Isola di Campalto), in the Venice
Lagoon as part of the Biennale di Venezia art exhibition and the PHARE
CBC Interreg IIIA program. Currently, three different crews are
operating in it. The DYNE.ORG open source/free software programmers
collective, working on Linux based X/box cluster computing and the
DYNEBOLIC Linux distribution (dynebolic 1.06 makrolab), the Universite
Tangente collective, working in conjuntion with the LOA Hacklab Milan on
the developement and visualisation code for a complex multi field
tactical media database tool for mapping contemporary capital, power and
social relations and the Baloon in No Man's land project collective,
working on the preparation and launch of two aerostatic meteorological
observation baloons in conjunction and collaboration of the Italian Air
Force - Reparto Sperimentazioni di Meteorologia Aeronautica. (ReSMA)
At 6.20UTC, 8.20AM local time, a sounding baloon train, consisting of a
600g meteorological sounding ballon of the Italian Air Force Meteorology
Service, a recovery parachute, a 2.4GHz imaging system of the Baloon in
No Man's Land project and a radar reflector was succesfully launched by
Nin Brudermann, the Makrolab team and the ReSMA team, consisting of the
commander in charge of the operation, Cpt. Foti Francesco (GARN),
Maresciallo II cl. Lavorgna Sandro (ATG Geofisico), Maresciallo II cl.
Oliva Antonio (ATG elletronica), and with the logistical support by 51o
Stormo Istrana, represented by Primo Maresciallo Randazzo Francesco (ATG
Motorizzazione).
The baloon was launched from the position 45deg 27.662' North and 27deg
19.093' E, 15m SE from the markIIex structure on Campalto Island, Venice
Lagoon, and ascended at an approximate speed of 7m/s.
The imaging system operated nominally for approximately 30 minutes, to
the estimated altitude of 12600m, then the LOS occurred. No visual
observations of the baloon were reported by approaching or departing
aircraft at nearby airports. ( a class 1, series B NOTAM, Number 4288
was issued in conjuction with the launch)
The second launch from the same location was executed at 1745 UTC, 1945
local time, with a larger payload and a longer range transmission system
developed by the artist and radio-amateurs from Germany and Austria. The
launch was carried out during the start of a CB based storm, but was
extremely succesfull in terms of imaging, with the transmission lasting
45 minutes, even though the baloon entered several lower cloud layers.
The Baloon in No Man's land project by Nin Brudermann is an ongoing
art/science project that the artist is carrying out in conjunction with
meteorology services and agencies of various countries, in September and
October of this year, she will be operating and launching from the
Aurora Australis ship and the Australian Antarctic Station Casey from
the South Indian and Antarctic Oceans.
The launch project carried out in collaboration of the Makrolab
project-Projekt Atol, Baloon in No Man's land, Biennale di Venezia and
the Reparto Sperimentazioni di Meteorologia Aeronautica under the
commnand of Lt. Col. Giovanni Casu and the Meteorology Service of the
Italian Air Force, under the command of General Sorani.
The Makrolab project is supported by the Ministry of Culture of the
Republic of Slovenia, the PHARE Interreg CBC IIIA program
Italia/Slovenia, Mobitel d.d., Mestna Obcina Ljubljana, Mestna Obcina
Nova Gorica, Comune di Venezia and coordinated by Patagonia Art and the
rx:tx institute.
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