Artist Talk – Grayson Cooke

Date: 12 May 2020
Time: 11:00am
Locations: Online
Cost: Free, donations welcome

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In this talk, I will discuss the art and science of satellite data and multi-spectral imaging – how satellite images are produced, used and processed, and how I use them in my art. And, because organisations like NASA and ESA make their satellite data freely available, I will also discuss how YOU can get access to this data; where to find it, and what to do with it when you’ve got it.

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Available after 1 May 2020

I am a media artist who uses satellite data to produce startling still images and timelapse video of the Australian landscape from space. I work with Geoscience Australia and the Digital Earth Australia satellite-imaging platform to extract and process high-resolution multi-spectral images of the Australian environment. And specifically, I work with the cloud-filtering algorithms used by geoscientists to remove clouds from their data; by inverting the algorithms I make the incredible beauty and variety of clouds my focus, making art out of the “invalid data” deemed useless for scientific purposes.

How live sessions work

Once you’ve registered, you’ll receive an email confirmation. The next steps are: 

1. We will send you an email with a hyperlink to join the session at least 24 hours before the class start time  
2. We will open the room 5 minutes before the scheduled start of the session  
3. You will be able to listen through your computer speakers and view the presenter(s) and their images on the screen  
4. You will be able to ask questions through the ‘live chat’ during the session. We will answer the questions towards the end  
5. In some sessions, you will be able to ask live questions via your webcam and microphone (depending on your system, you may have to click on permissions or change settings)  
6. We will let you know within 48 hours when the recording is available