~e; electromagnetic environment

[human being <human@electronetwork.org>]

  the following is a series of pictures taken a few months
  back, some with snow, some without. all of electromagnetic
  environments, often invisible. reminded of this when seeing
  other photos of the interrelation between buildings and the
  em-infrastructure, and so decided to photoshop a few as there
  is some organic aspect that is otherwise hard to describe in
  how electromagnetic aesthetics pop-up as if weeds, and at
  times, as a wildflower when cultivated in a city garden...

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  first, long range view of the city of Minneapolis, for an
  example of how sight/seeing from a distance, can at times,
  also be informative as to how the em-infrastructure works.
  for example, in these first two photos there is an image of
  the city skyline as seen from a higher elevation than the
  frozen city lake below, in which one can see the height of
  buildings, office-towers, and, their accoutrements such as
  electromagnetic communications/broadcast antennae. from this
  distance, the uppermost structures atop the tallest buildings,
  in this case the old IDS tower (Johnsen/Burgee, 1970s) is a
  set of antenna, and on the Foshay Tower (early 20th c.) is
  a gigantic mast antenna, both of which are likely used to
  send signals to radio and tv sets in all directions around
  the city, for miles and miles. it is several miles to the
  city from this vantage, yet the signals go much further,
  often depending on the design of the antennas and their
  height, so office towers are an ideal match. [There is also
  a connection to the WTC collapse, as the mast antenna went
  down which disrupted communications in NYC, for instance.]\

  snowpolis (76k)
  http://home.earthlink.net/~aetherica/em5/snowpolis.jpg

  snowpolis2 (64k) antennae skylined
  http://home.earthlink.net/~aetherica/em5/snowpolis2.jpg

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  of the buildings in the city, a few are of note. as mentioned
  above, the IDS tower was the first skyscraper scaled building
  as far as i remember, in the region. it was difficult to photo-
  graph closeup, yet an attempt was made anyway, to show that the
  antennas seen far away may not be as visible when in the city,
  unless one is looking up a lot of the time. yet there is a lot
  to see when doing so, maybe not so much with this building, in
  that it looks like a big power plug (or two-coiled antennae in
  which a jakob's ladder may be bridged by a electromagnetic zap).


  the plug (182k) / the plug 2 (92k)
  http://home.earthlink.net/~aetherica/em5/theplug.jpg
  http://home.earthlink.net/~aetherica/em5/theplug2.jpg


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  after the IDS other taller buildings took off, and one in the
  late 1980s or early 90s had a crown of sorts which is used to
  disguise the equipment found on the tops of buildings. so not
  certain if there are antenna besides HVAC equipment atop this
  building, and yet it does relate in that the IDS had a UFO-
  exhibit, and this can look a bit like a UFO at certain views.


  crescent.jpg (76k)
  http://home.earthlink.net/~aetherica/em5/crescent.jpg


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  one of the oldest, tallest inhabited structures in the city is
  the Foshay, which has a giant mast antenna atop it. i think it
  is the antenna that someone has to climb, else it is on the IDS,
  in any case, once a year or so someone has to climb an enormous
  antenna to change the strobe lights, or something such, and the
  antenna is a wild ride, swaying feet to either side. circa 1930s.


  bldgcast.jpg (36k)
  http://home.earthlink.net/~aetherica/em5/bldgcast.jpg


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  one of my most favorite em building aesthetics arises from an
  older building which i do not know the name of, and am not sure
  if these are microwave, line-of-site directional antenna which
  are not for broadcast but more for data transfer or sending out
  a signal to repeaters elsewhere (for broadcast or whatnot). it
  is a stunning building and is the most organic in the sense that
  the pragmatism of electromagnetic design from an engineering
  standpoint is taken into an expressive or inventive form which
  reveals/unveils something about the nature of em as ornamentation.

  cactus.jpg (22k)
  http://home.earthlink.net/~aetherica/em5/cactus.jpg

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  a closeup of the cactus or whatever it might be called, it seems
  to be blooming as a flower or sprouting this event atop the bldg...

  cactustop.jpg (15k)
  http://home.earthlink.net/~aetherica/em5/cactustop.jpg


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  and this em aesthetic may have influenced another building nearby
  but not within visible range (building/bldgs are inbetween each,
  else i could not find the angle) in that a newer building, circa
  1990s or so, may have been (if an architect was right in saying
  so) influenced by the above antennaes, and made into a new form,
  this time the building itself, not the electromagnetic devices...
  this building has been called an artichoke i believe, also...


  antennaemorph.jpg (44k)
  http://home.earthlink.net/~aetherica/em5/antennaemorph.jpg

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  then, to some disparate ideas, such as the outgrowth of security
  cameras in the city, which are now ubiquitous. finally found a
  useful purpose for digital zoom, in that this shot was well out
  of range, and yet was able to get a fuzzy picture of a fuzzy eye.

  mutanteyes.jpg (10k)
  http://home.earthlink.net/~aetherica/em5/mutanteyes.jpg

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  have made mention here before of the relation of lights at parks
  for sports with electrical cross-arm poles, in that each share
  a similar structure. this is not a great picture, but was taken
  nearby such lights (one is at the correct angle) yet it shows
  instead what a chaos and fury of competition between various
  aspects of the electromagnetic infrastructure, which in this
  shot is more intense than is normally found. it has broadcast,
  substation, major outdoor lighting, distribution, transmission,
  and wireless, all like weeds in the environment. i see beauty
  in such a mess, as it is meaning-filled, and yet at the same time
  it can be detrimental, both health- and planning-wise, and more,
  to just let things go run amok and not design electromagnetic
  infrastructures in some contextual way, related to place...


  lightscamerapower.jpg (74k)
  http://home.earthlink.net/~aetherica/em5/lightscamerapower.jpg


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  and last, my favorite photo of an anonymous broadcast tower which
  has a lot in common with the design of the Eiffel Tower in Paris,
  in that it is shares a similar material and basic structural design,
  and yet is strictly utilitarian, whereas the Eiffel Tower began
  without a purpose, to experiment with steel/iron construction in
  a tall structure, and later became a radio tower as a result...
  of interest symbolically, the tower, and then the pole (as a
  cross structure, connected with boats and religious iconography)\
  in addition to the radar dome (imagine that could be a Buckminster
  Fuller connection (geodesic, if it is) for radar. meaning that a
  connection exists between these engineered EM objects and the
  architectural buildings and their aesthetics (as Le Corbusier
  posited long ago). and this can be a way to explore and research
  and understand and a reason to design an improved EM environment...

  eiffelcopy.jpg (36k)
  http://home.earthlink.net/~aetherica/em5/eiffelcopy.jpg


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