From Here to the Cosmos (2023)

‘From Here to the Cosmos: Incomputable Views of the Above, Under and Around’ is an installation by Guillemette Legrand, presented at Bright Cityscapes, (Timișoara, Romania), complemented by my music and sound design.

It places the viewer in front of a fragment resembling a sphere mesh, an archetype of Earth’s shape. Algorithmic simulations of the geophysical condition of Earth are projected onto it, produced by autonomous technical systems. These simulations span various timescales extracted from Timișoara’s environments: above (cloud detection), around (land usage detection), and under (ground motion monitoring). A voice-over reinterprets the synthetic visuality and the computational logic behind the installation. The experience disorients spatial perceptions, highlighting the need to question the reliance on visuality, and examine how it is shaping socio-cultural beliefs about the planet and the future.

Credits:

Alex Munteanu
Stephan Meißl of EOX IT Services GmbH for the cloudless mosaic of Timișoara
The Meteorological Office of Bucharest
Dr Delia Teleagă from Terrasigna
Products/Visuals obtained from ESA remote sensing data processed by Terrasigna within the project PN-III-P2-2.1-PTE-2021-0513. © TERRASIGNA 2023
Alex Ionașcu, visualisation and 3D rendering
Vincent Thornhill
Jim Zweerts

With the support of FABER and the Polytechnic University of Timisoara (RO)