Radio Rocks II

1998, Larry Becker Contemporary Art, Philadelphia                                                 

Jovian Radio Telescope Reception, Local, and World Band Short-Wave on
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Galena in copper sphere is computer programmed to pick up World Band Short-Wave frequencies. The pyrite mixer in copper triangle is computer programmed to pick up random local frequencies. Live radio emissions from Jupiter are transmitted via computer on a dedicated line from a radio telescope at Pisgah Astronomical Research Institute (PARI) in Rosman, North Carolina and Lanihuli Radio Observatory in Kaneohe, Hawaii.