AQUATICS OCTAGON

interactive animation light sculpture, 2023/2024
concept, animation & code: Philipp Artus
octagon engineering: Tinka Vey

"Aquatics" is a generative underwater world in which animated sea creatures swim around and interact with each other. The artwork explores the emergence of life through abstract shapes and movement. The audience can design their own creatures by means of a tablet and add them to the virtual ecosystem.

The video shows the premiere of the two-story octagon at Scottsdale Canal Convergence art festival that took place in November 2023. Inside the structure, there are 16 video projectors which create seamless circular animation that is generated in real time in an 8K resolution with 60FPS.