This is a 3-person team project, co-creators: Runming Fan & Yutong Liu. You can find our Instagram link at the bottom of this article.

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Contemporary society is full of artifacts, where people are living a life of "reductionism" and have forgotten their emotional connection with nature. This installation reveals the specific life connotation of wind other than a symbol of meteorology, and uses wind as a medium to empathize with nature. With wind as an input, based on biological information such as pollen, seed, and dust mite content and Arduino technology, this installation creates breathing undulation texture on one erect film to convey the life connotation of wind. Through the interaction with the abstract life representatives, the audience evokes the "root" of nature and enriches the feeling of nature in life.

Our exhibit will feature an interactive interface for a better understanding. The starting page displays a 3D globe, allowing viewers to rotate and view global pollen levels.

Clicking on a data bar reveals the location's name and today’s pollen level. Further clicks lead to a detailed page, showing regional biological activity and dynamic visualizations of life in the wind. Real-time data acquisition and surface undulation control are displayed on the right through scrolling code.

Upon entering the detailed page, our installation comes to life: a concealed fan starts blowing air, and the control unit undulates to depict the activity level of life information in the air of the chosen region. The undulation intensity correlates with the pollen levels.

Viewers can feel the breeze and observe the surface's movement, creating a connection between the wind and the visualization of unseen life information. Touching the undulating surface allows viewers to intimately experience the breath and vitality of life.

Creators:

1. Liu Yutong  https://www.instagram.com/belindaaaliu?igsh=YTI0cTR4ZnFyY3A=

2. Lu Shenhuan   https://www.instagram.com/mugua379?igsh=cmx3MTdwMHZiMjA4&utm_source=qr

3. Fan Runming   https://www.instagram.com/evaminger?igsh=Z3p6MDBiMG9ueGJh