Ambient Atmospheres
Ambient Atmospheres was a research project aiming to spark a conversation about the future of artificial lighting.
Explortions
Our research focused on the discretisation of natural light settings through newest technology and algorithms. We explored how different light phenomena can be reproduced through computerized lights and how simulations can extend out of virtual space into the physicality of reality. By making parts of the process public through our website and Instagram we hoped to spark interest in, and discussion about, the future of artificial lighting. By working closely with physical and digital materials we were able to develop our own ecosystem of lights which allowed us to engage with the real representations of the discrete calculations and bridge the gap between numbers and emotions.
During our process we created a multitude of functional prototypes of which some were used in public contexts to engage external viewers.
Bright Memories
What if you could not only save a moment as a picture or video but you could save the feeling, the atmosphere of your surroundings? And what if you could change your room to make it feel like that moment, to use light as a memory bridge in the same way you look at old pictures or play that one song to change your mood? With modern sampling technology, complex algorithms, advancements in artificial lighting and modern knowledge of human psychology this idea might be within our reach.
The Ambient Atmospheres project was concluded through the interactive exhibition Bright Memories. The exhibition explored in how far ambiances are translatable and how a possible implementation might look like. Shown artefacts were contextualised in an alternative future in which no virtuality exists and all technical processes are overdrawn and symbolic. The exhibition was shown in the AWL Studio between 15 - 19 May 2021.
In collaboration with: Mattias Hallin
Supervised by: Mafalda Gamboa