Search for Intelligent Life

On the plains of Magdaline west of Soccorro a huge array of moveable radio telescopes scan the universe, perhaps searching for signs of intelligent life. (That's why the telescopes are aiming up, they won't find any down here below.) I set out to recreate this scene using pistons from a Suzuki GSX 750 for telescopes in a studio set-up. The ground is brown burlap, the mountains cut from cardboard cartons and the moon is a front disc brake rotor from my motorcycle.

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