BAR-3 Radar Station, North Warning System, Beaufort Sea, Arctic Ocean, Canada
'Scuse me while I kiss the Sky
-Jimi Hendrix View Satellites2m09s excerpt from HD video Purple Haze (B-side)
Performance: January 30, 2010
Documentation: HD video with Sound: 3m24s
Purple Haze (B-side) was a launch that took place on the Arctic Ocean at BAR-3, a US Air Force radar outpost, and a base originally created to detect Russian nuclear bombers and ICBMs. It is still operational today. The composition here is composed of location sounds in the acoustic and electromagnetic spectrum—including hydrophones, shortwave transmissions, electromagnetic recordings of the radar, ionospheric recordings of space weather and a wireless transmitter built into the rocket launched at Mach 3.
Purple Haze (B-side) est un tir qui a eu lieu dans l'Ocean Arctique, sur un site de radar de l'US Air Force, une base destinée à detecter les bombardiers nucléaires russes. Aujourd'hui, cette base est toujours en activité. La composition que nous pouvons écouter est constituée de sons dans le spectre audible et de sons provenant de différents spectres électromagnétiques, dont des transmissions en ondes courtes, des enregistrements de l'ionosphère et du son de la fusée lors de son lancement. [translation Rahma Khazam who also curated this work for the Palais de Toyko]