Harris Constellation Software

[Alana Fekety]

CollectiveConstellation features a selection of artworks by women of color from the personal art collection of philanthropist, art collector and Art + Practice co-founder, Eileen Harris Norton. With an initial emphasis on young, Los Angeles-based artists, Harris Norton has been collecting contemporary art and supporting artists for more than three decades. Her interest in collecting was sparked after encountering and acquiring a self-portrait by artist and arts advocate Ruth Waddy in 1986.

Collective Constellation seeks to highlight an intergenerational, multi-ethnic and transnational group of trailblazing artists who have profoundly impacted the landscape of contemporary art. A constellation is a gathering of individual stars whose shared mass forms a shape. Collective Constellation brings together a unique group of artworks in order to display the critical contributions women of color have made within the ever-evolving landscape of contemporary art.

The exhibition highlights a range of works, shared feminist practices, art techniques and movements, political and social issues and the notion of diaspora and addresses topics such as spirituality, domestic life, memory and historical trauma, the body, intimacy, power dynamics and violence towards women.

Each of the artworks are powerful on their own as bold statements of artistic identity. Together they reveal a biography of their collector and offer a deeper look into the vast creative production of women of color.

Collective Constellation: Selections from The Eileen Harris Norton Collection will be on view at Art + Practice February 8 through January 2, 2021. This exhibition is co-organized by Art + Practice and the Hammer Museum, Los Angeles. The exhibition is organized by the Hammer Museum associate curator Erin Christovale.

Amy Sherald, When I let go of what I am, I become what I might be (Self-Imagined atlas), 2018. Oil on canvas. 54 x 43 x 2 inches. Amy Sherald. Courtesy of the artist and Hauser & Wirth. The Eileen Harris Norton Collection. Photo: Charles White.

Lynette Yiadom-Boakye. Carpal Tunneller, 2013. Oil on canvas. 31 1/2 x 23 5/8 in. Lynette Yiadom-Boakye. Courtesy of the artist, Jack Shainman Gallery, New York and Corvi-Mora, London. The Eileen Harris Norton Collection. Photo: Charles White.

Betye Saar, Souvenir of Friendship, 1977. Mixed media assemblage. 15 3/4 x 14 3/4 x 1 in. Betye Saar. Courtesy of the artist and Roberts Projects. The Eileen Harris Norton Collection. Photo: Charles White.

Sadie Barnette, Untitled (Free Angela), 2018. Mixed media. 12 x 14 3/4 x 3 in. Sadie Barnette. Courtesy of the artist and Charlie James Gallery, Los Angeles. The Eileen Harris Norton Collection. Photo: Charles White.

Shirin Neshat. Allegiance with Wakefulness, 1994. Black & white photograph with ink. 48 x 39 1/4 in. Shirin Neshat. Courtesy of the artist and Gladstone Gallery, New York. The Eileen Harris Norton Collection. Photo: Charles White.

Doris Salcedo, Atrabiliarios, 1993. Wall installation with plywood, seven shoes, cow bladder, and surgical thread. 26 x 54 x 4 in. Doris Salcedo. Courtesy of the artist and White Cube. The Eileen Harris Norton Collection. Photo: Charles White.

A+P invites local schools, students, teachers, and organizations to experience, analyze, and engage with its exhibitions on view via teacher resource guides and student handouts (for grades K-12). These handouts incorporate the California State Contents Standards (VAPA and ELA) are available for teachers to adapt to their existing curriculums.

NOAA previously partnered with the Department of Defense (DoD) to operate a constellation of satellites in three separate polar orbits (early morning, midmorning, and afternoon) so that measurements are no more than six hours old. In 2010, the Administration split the program so that NOAA would fly a satellite only in the afternoon polar orbit and continue to rely on the European MetOp satellites for the mid morning polar orbit. The DoD has since canceled its plans for a follow-on program, and NOAA indicated that they would not supply sensors to the MetOp follow-on program. The GAO report states, "recent events have made the future of this constellation uncertain."

The GAO also indicated during the hearing that further Congressional oversight would be needed for the polar-orbiting weather satellites in three areas; 1) how NOAA will deliver the system under the life-cycle cost cap of $12.9 billion when recent cost estimates indicate $14.6 billion for the full program; 2) the planning for additional free flyer satellites; and 3) the future health of the entire constellation.

The following witnesses testified today:

The Honorable Kathryn Sullivan, Ph.D., Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Environmental Observation and Prediction and Deputy Administrator, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

Mr. Marcus Watkins, Director, Joint Agency Satellite Division, National Aeronautics and Space Administration

Mr. David A. Powner, Director, Information Technology Management Issues, Government Accountability Office

The MCM-500 provides connectivity to emerging Commercial Space Internet Satellite Constellations and current Wideband Global SATCOM systems by using multiple MODEMs in a single chassis achieving connectivity to two constellations simultaneously. The MCM provides Comms On-the-Move (OTM) as well as Comms At-the-Halt and is ruggedized for applications in nearly any environment.

The MCM-500 is designed for comms-on-the-move applications and incorporates multiple MODEMs and associated radio frequency (RF) circuits to support LEO/MEO/ GEO connectivity. Implemented as a modular design, the MCM-500 includes both Field Programmable Gate Array based and General Purpose Processor based software defined MODEM hardware resources as well as proprietary MODEM hardware with flexibility to connect to past, present, and future partner constellations. Standard L-Band and Ethernet interfaces, including Open Antenna to Modem Interface Protocol (OpenAMIP) antenna control protocol, simplifies the deployment of the MCM-500 to create application specific terminal architectures. The MCM-500 is MIL-STD-188-165 compliant and ARSTRAT certified.

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