{"product_id":"at-the-lightning-field-paperback","title":"At the Lightning Field - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eLaura Raicovich\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWalter De Maria's \"Lightning Field\" is 400 stainless steel poles, positioned 220 feet apart, in the desert of central New Mexico. Over the course of several visits, it becomes, for Raicovich, a site for confounding and revealing perceptions of time, space, duration, and light; how changeable they are, while staying the same.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFrom \u003ci\u003eAt the Lightning Field\u003c\/i\u003e: \u003ci\u003eChaos and coincidences of history\u003c\/i\u003e: \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eEdward Lorenz was a meteorologist at MIT in the early 1960s. Looking for a devil in the detail of meteorological data, he was trying to forecast global weather patterns (creating forecasting models that would later be applied to\u003cbr\u003eeconomics and financial analysis). Complicated sets of equations, sometimes arbitrary webs of information, measurements of \"initial conditions\" churned through a primitive computer. The machine was named the Royal McBee.\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eLaura Raicovich\u003c\/b\u003e works as President and Executive Director of The Queens Museum. She is the author of \u003ci\u003eA Diary of Mysterious Difficulties\u003c\/i\u003e, a book based on Viagra and Cialis spam (Publication Studio) and is an editor of \u003ci\u003eAssuming Boycott: Resistance, Agency, and Cultural Production\u003c\/i\u003e (O\/R Books).\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eLaura Raicovich: Laura Raicovich works as President and Executive Director of The Queens Museum. She is the author of \u003ci\u003eA Diary of Mysterious Difficulties\u003c\/i\u003e, a book based on Viagra and Cialis spam (Publication Studio) and is an editor of \u003ci\u003eAssuming Boycott: Resistance, Agency, and Cultural Production\u003c\/i\u003e (O\/R Books). \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 104\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.5 x 6.9 x 4.5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e April 11, 2017\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42701286637631,"sku":"9781566894661","price":15.54,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0105\/8226\/1823\/files\/c87053d206e1f02764ac4454196e33dc.webp?v=1765020058","url":"https:\/\/dhlswag.com\/products\/at-the-lightning-field-paperback","provider":"BBB","version":"1.0","type":"link"}