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Live Image Proposal – Push The Button

Live Image Processing, School, Video March 3rd, 2006

Simnuke

Push The Button – Simnuke and 60 Years of the Atomic Bomb

On July 16, 1945 the beginning of the Atomic Age was marked by the successful detonation of the first nuclear device at the Trinity test in New Mexico. On July 16, 2005 a group of artists and engineers recreated the look and feel of the Trinity test in an attempt to portray and experience the Trinity test and reclaim the destructive power of nuclear weapons.

The Simnuke Project has three parts: the simulated nuclear event in the Nevada desert, a gallery show exploring 60 years of the Atomic Age, and a tree planting (to be held in New Mexico on July 16, 2006) commemorating the Trinity test.

One of the goals of Simnuke was to give people a simulated personal experience of a nuclear weapon. As part of the documentation team I collected camera footage of the mushroom cloud from multiple angles. Push The Button will recombine this footage in a video installation which will give participants the opportunity to “push the button” and experience the Simnuke Trinity event.

The installation will consist of a podium with a controller (similar to the Simnuke event controller) that serves as the interface into the projected video.

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