MediaPackBoard’s fourth year of programming was launched on Saturday, September 13, 2008. Presented through Calgary’s TRUCK Gallery and Artcity, MPB EARTH: The Angle of Incidence is Equal to the Angle of Reflection offered the public audience a chance to take part in a hands-on science experiment. A small camera mounted on the string of a weather balloon transmitted its point of view to the backpack monitor. Through use of a mirror, Participants were able to direct the eye of the camera to pick up what they wanted it to see. Assistants and Participants were able to ‘zoom’ the camera view by reigning connecting kite strings in or out.
Through the luck of necessity, the day was warm and sunny and people were able to relax and play a bit in the fall air. MPB EARTH follows in the tradition of the ‘NOW-HAPPENINGS‘ of MPB on the street.
I would like to thank the following Volunteers, TRUCK Gallery, and the Artcity organizers:
Daniel Dugas, MPB Documenter and Webmaster.
Maggie Cloutier, Communications Assistant extraordinaire, who explained the project to Participants and handled permission sheets.
Renato Vitic, Director of TRUCK Gallery and volunteer balloon wrangler
Ken Buera, volunteer balloon wrangler and zoomer
and
Erin Belanger, Truck Gallery’s Programming Coordinator
-so long until the next outing,
Valerie LeBlanc,
MediaPackBoard Instigator
These photographs of the latest MediaPackBoard outing - MPB EARTH were taken by Daniel Dugas. Video footage will be added next week.
