LiDAR, which stands for Light Detection and Ranging, is a remote sensing method that uses light in the form of a pulsed laser to measure distances. It creates detailed 3D representations of surfaces, making it useful for mapping terrain, vegetation, and even archaeological features.
// FON_OS – Presence and Transformation
// FON_OS is a collaborative audiovisual performance and a research project by Fon Román and Oswaldo García that explores how heritage spaces can be reimagined as living instruments through the fusion of real-time sound improvisation and architect...
Discerning the Silent Presence – Authenticity and Artifice
Carefully staged collision of archaeology, surveillance, and speculative fiction, Discerning the Silent Presence is a hybrid media installation that commandeers LIDAR to question whether objective scans can ever be trusted.
The Restroom Archive
The Restroom Archive is an ongoing case study that aims to document and celebrate the public restroom. The scans are meant to capture the humorous, chaotic, and often scary nature of these uniquely private publicly accessible spaces.
Far Away, a kinetic and lighting journey by Chevalvert
'Far Away' looks like a space exploration scene, materialized by 12 Sentinels in rotation, scanning the ground for a sign, a movement, a resource. These Sentinels, half scanners, half gyroscopes, activate under our eyes, in a cyclic ballet, minima...
KAZU “Come Behind Me, So Good!” – Music video by Daito Manabe + Kenichiro Shimizu
A collaboration between Daito Manabe (Rhizomatiks) and Kenichiro Shimizu (PELE) for Kazu Makino, 'Come Behind Me, So Good!' music video combines photogrammetry and mixed reality to create a seamless dream-like landscape, invigorated by Elevenplay ...
Horror Vacui – Exploring Earth’s (un)real geological formations
Created by Matteo Zamagni, "Horror Vacui" is a non-narrative film that explores geological formations of Earth and the frenetic hyper-development attained by humankind.
Zoological – Autonomous flying spheres at the Roundhouse
Created by Random International, Zoological is a flock of autonomous, flying spheres that move collectively. Algorithmically driven, the spheres react to their surroundings and, sometimes, to people within their environment.
Who Wants to be a Self-Driving Car? – Empathising with self-driving vehicle systems
Created by Joey Lee (US), Benedikt Groß (DE), and Raphael Reimann (DE) from the moovel Lab, in collaboration with MESO Digital Interiors (DE), Who Wants to be a Self-Driving Car? is a data driven trust exercise that uses augmented reality to help ...
Fearful Symmetry: Ruairi Glynn’s mesmerising installation comes back to life
This summer, visitors to Sao Paulo’s Itau Cultural Gallery find themselves face-to-face with a host of artificial life forms. Amongst them is a new version of artist Ruairi Glynn’s interactive installation 'Fearful Symmetry', which was first shown...
Searching for the Smart City’s blind spots – resistance, respite, and “New Romance”
Showcasing three film collaborations by Liam Young and Tim Maughan, “New Romance: Love Stories from the Machine City” is an exhibition currently showing at the Arthur Ross Architecture Gallery (Columbia GSAPP) about finding respite and cultivating...
Palimpsest – Collective memory through Virtual Reality
Created at the Bartlett School of Architecture / Interactive Architecture, Palimpsest uses 3D scanning and virtual reality to record urban spaces and the communities that live in them. The project aims to question/test the implication if the past,...
In the Eyes of the Animal – MLF virtualise a forest through the eyes of its creatures
In the Eyes of the Animal is the latest installation by Marshmallow Laser Feast, commissioned by the AND Festival and set in Grizedale Forest, that takes visitors on a fascinating journey allowing them to fly above the forest canopy, come face-to-...
Marshmallow Laser Feast & Imaginarium for new VW Passat
MoCap + real world LiDAR data + CG + Vicon + light projection with help from Andy Serkis’ Imaginarium, Marshmallow Laser Feast visualise the VW’s invisible data and intelligent sensors in the latest Passat.
Nimbes – Exploring solitary nature of perception and observation
Nimbes is an audio-visual installation designed for 360º immersive environments exploring boundaries between natural and artificial, and questioning the solitary nature of perception and observation and their relationship to both the cosmic and hu...
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