Workshop | open-weather

Who or what gains power from satellite imagery, radio technology, and meteorological data?

open-weather is a feminist experiment in imaging and imagining the Earth and its weather systems using DIY community tools. Co-led by designer-researcher Sophie Dyer and creative geographer Sasha Engelmann, open-weather encompasses a series of how-to guides, critical frameworks and public workshops on the reception of satellite images using free or inexpensive amateur radio technology. In the tradition of intersectional feminism, open-weather investigates the politics of location and interlocking oppressions that shape our capacities to observe, negotiate, and respond to the climate crisis. In doing so, open-weather challenges dominant representations of Earth and environment while complicating ideas of the weather beyond the meteorological.

For “Weather Engines,” Sophie Dyer and Sasha Engelmann will lead a DIY Satellite Ground Station workshop. By the end of the workshop, each participant will understand the basics of radio communication and have their own working DIY Satellite Ground Station to generate unique weather images from meteorological satellites. The workshop will employ feminist principles to challenge dominant narratives around wireless communication technologies and histories.