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With this project, Studio Above&Below aim to push the boundaries of this emerging technology and use it for making the invisible experiential. Magic Leap Spatial Experience – the project also investigates meaningful headset-based Mixed Reality (Magic Leap) experiences.The sensor was developed and built in collaboration with INT, a Swiss design studio. Air quality/ air pollution data – Development of a bespoke ‘Atmo Sensor’ – reading Particulate Matter (specifically PM 2.5, PM 10 – fine particles causing lung inflammation and worsening of lung and heart conditions) data in real-time and feeding it into a generative digital sculpture (using the games development engine Unity).The research and design process involved three elements: Digital Atmosphere can be experienced at HeK Basel throughout spring 2021. The project is supported through Broadway’s art and tech Near Now Fellowship and is the outcome of a year-long research and development commission into AR/MR technology and live data inputs in order to give our environment a voice, make the invisible visible and create dynamic public artworks. The physical shape and digital behaviour of the artwork is inspired by investigations into early air pollution devices, including rudimentary ones which used canary birds, and computational flocking systems, sensing, reacting and visualising changes of air quality in a poetic way. Using digital and sensor technology, the sculpture’s Atmo Sensor picks up the invisible change of air quality of the immediate environment, which is translated into an evocative visual simulation, visible to the viewer through the Mixed Reality headset. The impact of air pollution on our bodies became especially clear throughout the current Covid-19 pandemic.” Studio Above&Below
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With Digital Atmosphere we are investigating a future in which clear air may be a reality through giving nature a voice. These ubiquitous specks of matter are known as aerosols, which are invisible to the eye, however not invisible to our lungs. “Even if the air looks clear, it is certain that you will inhale tens of millions of solid and liquid particles, travelling from one side of the planet to the other. At a time when the safety of our air is at the front and centre of our public consciousness, this digital installation is a timely technological and artistic endeavour. The piece looks at how technology and art can illuminate the quality of air, usually invisible to the naked eye, and bring us an urgent step closer to a sustainable future. Digital Atmosphere is a Mixed Reality experience from internationally renowned digital artist duo Daria Jelonek and Perry-James Sugden, known as Studio Above&Below.