Tellart
Imagine standing on the North Pole looking up at the night sky on New Year's Eve this year, and every ten thousand years, for the next hundred thousand years. The celestial sphere changes — constellations of stars distort.
During my internship at Tellart, I had the opportunity to be involved in an exciting project called Deep Future.
Deep Future was an installation at Droog Amsterdam that celebrated Tellart's 15th anniversary, mixing traditional analog crafts with a drawing robot and data visualizations of the celestial sphere through the next hundred thousand years.
Video
Deep Future project video
Images
Drawing pattern generated based on future celestial data
The beeswax printer was assembled using a repurposed X-Y plotter mechanism, a batik wax pen and 3D printed parts.
the cotton kerchiefs including beeswax print was then dyed using traditional indigo dye process
The result, showing the celestial spere on January 1st 12016
Reflection
Tellart was a great place to work with a lot of very talented and creative people. It is here I learned the basics of programming visual interfaces. I've come to appreciate that one well-crafted installation can be a sustainable way to engage and inspire numerous people, more so than creating multiple products, though this impact is difficult to measure. However, this is mostly true only for the duration that the installation is operational. It would be even more interesting and sustainable if these installations were constructed with recyclability as a key consideration. I am glad I had the opportunity to be part of the project and to befriend some great people.