Solar Power System / by Tomiko Jones

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7 March 2021
Tucson Mountains, Arizona

Been quite a day working on the MRS (mobile research studio) for These Grand Places. Most of it on the roof, thinking flexibly about some miscalculations. Scott Harris, at day’s end, is wiring the combiner box and says, “wouldn’t it be cool to have a drone photo?” I was too busy worrying about my caulking job that I forgot to document! He also said earlier, “This is the hardest job I’ve ever done”, and I had a good laugh since he doesn’t know me yet (the best/worst of luck, the easiest/most complicated of you name it). Happy Sunday! These Grand Places is a socially engaged photographic project about the concept of public land and how we use it, supported by UW-Madison School of Education. Solar design by UW-Madison College of Engineering.