Synthetic Landscapes

Synthetic Landscapes explores the creation of a speculative landscape

with sub-visible material. An installation created with the knowledge

of the ever-changing structures of the translucent textile used.

The synthetic landscape is a field created by nodes that cluster

together, defining the starting points and densities within. The

densities are made of action potentials taken from the highs and lows

of SEM images. Action potentials are changes in electrical charges

usually used to pass information between neurons in the brain. Here,

these potentials happen within the landscape where the densities

coalesce, letting us visualize them through a play of light and shadow.

When passing through the field of nodes, the growing peaks in

the textile create potentials for interaction. The interaction creates

a sublime combination of biology and technology through the

construction of spatial information. In turn, we become a specimen

within the field, entranced within the landscape.