2009.22.2

DMSP 5B/F4 from Pyramid Lake Indian Reservation (Military Meterological Satellite; 1973-054A)
2009
37.5 in HIGH x 30 in WIDE
(95.25 cm HIGH x 76.20 cm WIDE)
Art Acquisition Fund
2009.22.2

frame, glazing (glass)
Altman Siegel Gallery, San Francisco, 2009.OMCA, Gallery of California Art, Open Space 2/3, "2000 and Rising," May 1 - Aug. 1, 2010.

This is a C-print photograph that shows a long exposure of the shoreline of Pyramid Lake. The lake's Pyramid (a tufa formation) appears at bottom right. Diagonal points of light appear in the upper part of the image.

"Both pictures [2009.22.1 and .2] document secret surveillance satellites in the night sky" (Ren_ de Guzman, Senior Curator, 5/11/09).

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