PATH-2H
16/12/2020
Barcelona - ES
Path to heaven is a A kinetic installation that draws its way through a cluttered sky. An assembly of machines trace a continuous line across paper, guided by an algorithmic intelligence wrestling with the space between Earth and Heaven.
The path weaves through a live map of orbiting debris and satellites, transforming computation into gesture. This line is not composed, but discovered a direct result of our virtual explorer interacting with a sky above.
The drawing becomes both map and memory, a slow cartography of avoidance.
The algorithm behind the motion is inspired by the drawing language of architect Enric Miralles. His sculpture Heaven is reinterpreted here as both reference and influence. Through a collaboration with the Enric Miralles Foundation, we accessed original drawings and reverse-engineered a set of generative rules that echo his geometric style, translating hand-drawn intuition into machine-driven form.
Credits
Co-producers Enric Miralles Foundation
In collaboration with Caterina Miralles
Source of satellite data NASA Open Data Portal
Concept Design and Development InDialog Team
