"Crumple" - MIRVAC Media Wall Generative Art Installation (664 Collins St Project)
The MIRVAC media wall project was a series of abstract generative art installations created by Swinburne design students to be displayed on MIRVAC’s nine by nine-metre screen located in the foyer of their 664 Collins St, Melbourne based office building. (Next door to Southern Cross Station). These rotating generative art pieces had to depict through narrative what a “Lifecycle” is. (Lifecycle being a core value to MIRVAC and a part of both their mission and vision). The pieces we created were all animated using code from real-time or regularly updated datasets.
The dataset I used for mine was Victorian road crash statistics with the title of my piece called “Crumple”.
“Crumple” is a collation of accident data from Victorian roads over the past couple of years. The primary basis of its name relates to the wrinkles and dents a vehicle gets when making contact with another. This piece features a repetitive pulsating rhythm. Drawing line connections based on the number of cars involved, varying in frequency as lines connect, signifying speed zones of these accidents. These lines then disperse and fade, resembling pain from the crash wearing off, replicating the lifecycle for the aftermath of devastation.
Accidents can be avoidable and are traumatic regardless of the outcome. However, through trauma, we learn real strength. “A beauty in the irony” - from the pain those affected courageously move forward.
To view more detailed information about the project:
https://vimeo.com/334792051
https://vimeo.com/334792051
"Crumple" Iteration 01
"Crumple" Iteration 02
"Crumple" Iteration 03
"Crumple" Iteration 03 continued
"Crumple" datasets used
"Crumple" Final Proposal
Crumple Iterations and Functioning