Installations
Galaxies
An interactive floor projection in which every visitor generates their own galaxy. When people meet, their galaxies merge into one.
Info
- Year
- 2025
- Type
- Interactive floor projection · commission
- Place
- Nachtansichten Bielefeld · Wissenswerkstatt
- Client
- Wissenswerkstatt Bielefeld, in cooperation with Provisuell GmbH
- Role
- Concept, design, development in TouchDesigner
Specs
- Large-scale floor projection
- Real-time person tracking
- TouchDesigner
Galaxies was commissioned by the Wissenswerkstatt Bielefeld in cooperation with Provisuell GmbH. Concept, design and development are my own. The installation transforms human presence into an abstract, cosmic landscape. Installed in the open space of the Wissenswerkstatt Bielefeld during Nachtansichten 2025, the work presented a dark, star-like visual field that responded to visitors' movements in real time.
As people entered the projection area, the surrounding points began to rotate and organize themselves around their position, forming dynamic, galaxy-like structures. Each person generated their own system. When two visitors moved close to each other, their individual galaxies gradually merged into a larger, shared formation.
The installation explores proximity, interaction and collective behaviour. Rather than depicting astronomical imagery, Galaxies uses abstraction to suggest cosmic processes as a metaphor for human encounter in shared space, a composition continuously shaped by the people walking through it.
