Location: EISCAT facility, Adventsdalen, Svalbard

Photo/sound installation OUT THERE (IN THIS WORLD), 2010 is inspired by a scientific/commercial event at EISCAT facility in Svalbard, June '08. EISCAT, a incoherent scatter radar system, is used to study many different phenomena in the upper atmosphere and ionosphere and is located in an area outside Longyearbyen, Svalbard.
During my stay in Svalbard, November 2008, I made audio recordings at this location. The silence is significant, but due to strong electromagnetic radiation emitting from the facility, the recorded sounds are pulsating disturbances which vary in strength. I have been editing the recordings to create an atmospheric sound – like a orchestra rehearsing a final version before the first performance or an extraterrestrial encounter from an other world.

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