A Bubble
On Aquatic Ecologies and Merfolk
Imagining a shared future exploring the meaning of “Amphibious Humanity”; through a suspended kinetic sculpture, spatial audio, and volume renderings on “A Bubble” that reacts to live buoy data. Recordings were collected in and around the Bay of Valsaline in Pula, Croatia during a field trip in April of 2026. Inspired by diving culture and marine folklore, the installation invites visitors to imagine multispecies coexistence in aquatic ecologies.
- Year
- 2026
- Type
- Ecological Interaction
- Context
- ZHdK, MA Interaction Design
- Location
- Zürich, CH
- Medium
- Kinetic sculpture filled with helium and air, pulley system, projection, light, spatial audio, motion tracking, live buoy data
- Dimensions
- Sculpture 225 × 50 cm, installation Ø 600 cm, 500 cm high
- In collaboration with
- Luca Somm
- Mentors
- Dr. Rasa Smite, Prof. Dr. Karmen Franinović, Martin Fröhlich, Luke Franzke, Duy Bui, Dr. Roman Kirschner
- Technical support
- Joël Gähwiler, Sébastien Schiesser
- Buoy data
- Thomas Cailhol
- Categories
- Interaction
