What if the stars look back? The medieval belief of divine observers behind the firmament has given way to an invisible structure of power. A network of satellites, operated by states and tech giants, spans above us, predicting and monitoring human behavior and turning it into a resource. The night sky is not a view into the universe, but a mirror of our reality: an omnipresent, mysterious observer whose gaze radiates an uncanny grandeur and has become an instrument of total surveillance. Stellar Observers senses visitors that wander beneath the night sky projection and gazes back at them by utilizing a Zed camera for body tracking.
Supervisor: Prof. Dominik Schumacher
Software: VVVV Gamma
Stellar Observers was part of the project »Sternenbilder« at Burg Giebichenstein University of Art and Design.
What if the stars look back? The medieval belief of divine observers behind the firmament has given way to an invisible structure of power. A network of satellites, operated by states and tech giants, spans above us, predicting and monitoring human behavior and turning it into a resource. The night sky is not a view into the universe, but a mirror of our reality: an omnipresent, mysterious observer whose gaze radiates an uncanny grandeur and has become an instrument of total surveillance. Stellar Observers senses visitors that wander beneath the night sky projection and gazes back at them by utilizing a Zed camera for body tracking.
Supervisor: Prof. Dominik Schumacher
Software: VVVV Gamma
Stellar Observers was part of the project »Sternenbilder« at Burg Giebichenstein University of Art and Design.