Diffusion Choir
Client: Sosolimited, 2016
Diffusion choir is a building-scale kinetic sculpture. As a part of Sosolimited, I led the development of the animation and sculpture control software.
Image: Sosolimited
From the Sosolimited writeup:
The sculpture celebrates the organic beauty of collaboration by visualizing the movements of an invisible flock of birds. Four hundred folding elements form a hanging volume in the sunlit atrium. Each element can independently open and close, controlled by custom software running a flocking algorithm.
The movements of the sculpture are perpetually evolving, driven by the flocking simulation. Over the course of each hour, smaller groups of birds coalesce into a single entity, soaring through the air in fluid collaboration. At each quarter hour, the birds gather and perform special choreographed gestures across the sculpture.
