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Based on: A Guide to Nuclear Detonation at Tribeca Film Festival By Emerson Rosenthal

A 3D model of the space of ‘the bomb’ experience

‘the bomb’ is an experiential technology art film/performance created by USA (United Visual Artists). Along with a band called ‘The Acid’, the experience aims to allow people to primitively experience the immense power, “epicness, awe, perhaps alarm” of nuclear weapons. This is achieved through large film played on the LED screens surrounding the audience in different directions as well as the performance of the band.  The film itself is directed by Smriti Keshari and Kevin Ford. The collective began the project a year before it was presented when they were first contacted by Keshari to attempt the project. The bomb does not require any ‘first word art’ as there have been immersive film experiences achieved before. Keshari and Ford were inspired by ‘Command and Control: Nuclear Weapons, the Damascus Accident, and the Illusion of Safety’. The book warns of the immense power nuclear weapons hold over humanity and the danger of being complicit with their mishandling. Currently, many younger people that have never lived during the nuclear war are unable to comprehend the immensity of nuclear weapons on an empathetic level. The bomb points at the potential of technology to create an experience that goes beyond a documentary about nuclear weapons, but also surrounds their bodies and shakes the ‘epic-ness’ of the potential of nuclear weaponry into their comprehension.

Experience the video: https://vimeo.com/ondemand/thebombfilm  

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A Day in the Life of Americans is a data visualization project that tracks how 1,000 Americans spend their time throughout the day. This visualization runs for 24 hours starting at 4AM and uses moving dots to show how people move from different activities. I was liked this project because it is a simple but informative way to present how Americans race from one thing to the next. This project was created by Nathan Yau and he used the American Time Use Survey to collect his data before creating a model of time-varying Markov chain visual. It is unknown whether Yau created the data visual from scratch or with the help of commercial software. Yau also researched how American spends their time compared to you, the viewer, and what people spend their time on depending on sex and age. From a marketing and advertisment stand point, this data provides insights into possible consumers’ likes, dislikes and interests. Marketing materials have the potential to be targeted to specific groups of people. 

A Day in the Life of Americans by Nathan Yau

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Ever since I went to Japan the Summer of 2018, I became obsessed with teamLab’s breathtaking creations. teamLab is a creative group that likes to refer themselves as “ultra-technologists,” uniting many professionals like artists, programmers, engineers, CG animators, architects, and more to achieve their goal of creating new relationships between people through their digital art. For each project they create, they use software, 3D modeling, and sensing technologies.

One of the displays in “A Forest Where Gods Live,” teamLab using digital art to convey a message

teamLab has once again come out with an amazing project: “A Forest Where Gods Live” located in Takeo Hot Springs, Kyushu, Japan. What I admire most about this project is that it is much needed in this reality where climate change is prevalent, the Amazon is on fire, and nature is dying. This digital art installation will be an amazing reminder of the beauty in nature and to not lose hope in restoring God’s beauty.

For this specific project, their inspiration came from the Mifuneyama Rakuen Park created in 1845. Over the time the park has evolved to have beautiful forests, rocks, and caves. With their art, they want humans to better conceptualize time for periods longer than their own lives and have them become lost and immersed in the nature.