Topic 2020
Image source: 20Hz observes a geo-magnetic storm occurring in the Earth’s upper atmosphere. Working with data collected from the CARISMA radio array and interpreted as audio, we hear tweeting and rumbles caused by the incoming solar wind, captured at the frequency of 20 Hertz. https://semiconductorfilms.com/art/20hz/
QUANTUM FABRICATION
We experience a world ruled by the principles of classical physics. We can feel gravity, mass, acceleration, and observe the effects of surface tension or magnetism. Yet, the substances that surround us are made from waves and particles governed by alien rules that are completely incongruous with what we perceive. Sometimes, one thing is in two places at the same time, or perhaps everywhere all the time. Some substances behave differently if you are looking at them, and when you are not. Others interact with substances that could be kilometres away, what Einstein described as "spooky action at a distance".
Quantum Technologies are a relatively new emerging field on the interactions of light and matter, such as high-precision clocks, electronic computers, Laser technologies, all digital communication technologies, medical devices such as MRI or CT Scanners, new energy supply technologies such as solar fusion or speculative technologies like teleportation.
"The scientific reading of natural systems and phenomena has recently been adopted as one of the main driving forces for new developments in designing processes, such as neural networks, flocks of birds, genetic coding, fractal geometries and various computational machineries." (ia#4 Feng, Quantum Architecture, 2011) They have facilitated our ability to realise new kinds of spatial and material organizations already enriching our understanding of the inner logic of space and material* and we would like to ask in this module for these new kinds of spatial and material organisations through views on Quantum principles. How does it appear and which aesthetics and affordances can it take for us in the field of Interaction Design? From this point new forms of interactions between users and their constructed environments can be envisioned from us through computational tools and fabrication strategies.
*Today the most precise explanation of our physical world has not only triggered huge amount of New Technologies mentioned above, but has also introduced a revolutionary Quantum world view that considers the material world as a non-deterministic construct, deciphered with probability and interactivity.
Main Project Brief
Observing
Investigate an unlikely or unbelievable phenomenon linked to quantum mechanics and your everyday life
Investigate biological, chemical or mathematical form generation processes
Develop a mood board (sketches, photographs, material examples)
Making
Iterate the form generation process with CAD software/ visual programming language
Produce forms based on this exploration and 3D print them.
Pick one form example and create an animated rendering of it
Name your material/ phenomena/ object
Write a short text for the material/phenomena/ object (CA. 150 words)
Video Rendering
Continuous Loop (last frame leads to first frame)
3 to 5 seconds of duration
Minimum 24 frames.
MOV format H.264 / min. 1920×1080 (image sequence to video)
Include original numbered STL files in the documentation folder
Presentation:
In Miro:
Share your Mood board
Show either renderings or images of your 3D objects
Show your final animation
Reference Material
Quantum Physics:
Contemporary ecological interpretations of Entanglements: https://medium.com/the-long-now-foundation/the-enlightenment-is-dead-long-live-the-entanglement-bcaed951b528 and https://jods.mitpress.mit.edu/pub/ageofentanglement/release/1
Animation: