Artist listening to airplanes for a show at the Australian Centre for the Moving Image.
An artist is scanning ACARS at Melbourne Airport, and showing the information on LED signs at a new exhibition in the Australian Centre for the Moving Image opening 8th June 2004.
Zina Kaye makes visible a cross section of the data that orbits an airport, drawing connections between the dispersive & disorientating nature of air travel, and the quietly invisible chaos of radio traffic. The work is called 'The Line Ahead' and can be seen during the '2004: Australian Art Now' exhibition until mid-September.
Viewers in the gallery are presented with a giddy vision of the chaotic movement of data and the private conversations of aeroplanes: flight numbers, origin and destination shown on three giant LED screens. Behind the scenes, a Winradio-built antenna is bolted to the roof of Melbourne Airport, connected to a Winradio receiver sitting on top of a Linux server. The Open Source ACARSd project decodes the messages, transmitting them to the signs at the gallery and to The Line Ahead website.
Kaye finds inspiration in big engineering such as space stations and radio telescopes, and her work often reflects on the systems that make these things work. She exhibits in Australia and Europe.
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