This week I was able to work with some of my new footage from last week. Although my plan was to continue to work on the silver mylar melting icebergs piece, I also took videos with the pink & gold (because I was sent the silver mylar with pink and gold reversible sides. who knows why they make them referable with colors? ) Reading recent science articles directed me to an article about plasma shield around the earth that “ripples like an ocean” to protect it from the harsh solar wind. I was fascinated and clicked on every link I could find about the satellite that had saw these “invisible air oceans.” Because it is blocking the solar wind, I imagined the plasma shield as a gold emergency blanket around the earth. Just read the language in these since article! so poetic! using adhesives that describe the ocean, energy and lights.
“The sphere shields our planet from the sun’s harsh winds while letting through its light. Like an ocean, its plasma flows and ripples in a solar breeze. But also like an ocean, it is prone to storms — solar disruptions so violent they can knock out satellites and even power grids on Earth“
NASA lost contact with a satellite 12 years ago. An amateur just found its signal. – The Washington Post
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To see the invisible – ProQuest – search.proquest.com
This is my first draft of a work inspired by these articles and thoughts. https://photos.app.goo.gl/pssja5glofGzcfBV2
My video shoot with the dancer and the professional videographer went well on Friday. 
we shot footage with the silver mylar and the LED lights. In addition to the lying down mylar waves, we also shot a melting iceberg upright. (video)
my computer refused to turn on after Wednesday afternoon. I think it died. I was left using my phone and borrowing other peoples computers to edit photos and videos. Looks like Apple cannot repair it, they recommended dropping it off at mikes tech shop. I will need to make a different plan to edit the final video for the exhibition.
so I do not have a final video edit to show you today. But it will be similar to what I showed you last week: darker, richer tones. Video
Also, I want to reshoot the Pink mylar jumping and running in a larger studio with a white backdrop. I was not able to complete that this week but hoping I can have access soon to a cyclorama studio in Newark to finish that work as well this season.
to complete this series, there will be a tryptic of pink, gold and silver Mylar foil video works inspired by the changing environments of the snow, solar wind and melting icebergs.
