Cycles

Category
Product Design
Date
Mar 2023
Scope
After Effects Design, MaxMSP Programming

Cycles is a large-scale visualization of time that invites viewers to contemplate the cycles that shape our daily lives and structure our lives as a whole. Designed to be displayed on the Georgia Tech Media Bridge, the project uses data from both the sunset times throughout one year in Atlanta and one year of bloom data for the Sweetbay Magnolia tree, a prominent tree on Georgia Tech's campus.

Created primarily in After Effects, Cycles presents a moment that encourages passersby to consider the natural and external cycles that surround them. It aims to highlight how we often focus on the short-term cycles of our daily routines but fail to notice the longer cycles, such as the seasons of the year or the stages of life. Further, viewers are encouraged to reflect on how external, natural cycles - such as seasons - may control internal cycles, such as emotions.

Audio was created in MaxMSP and features additive sine waves, further enhancing the concept of cycles and creating an immersive audio-visual experience for viewers.

Cycles is a large-scale visualization of time that invites viewers to contemplate the cycles that shape our daily lives and structure our lives as a whole. Designed to be displayed on the Georgia Tech Media Bridge, the project uses data from both the sunset times throughout one year in Atlanta and one year of bloom data for the Sweetbay Magnolia tree, a prominent tree on Georgia Tech's campus.

Created primarily in After Effects, Cycles presents a moment that encourages passersby to consider the natural and external cycles that surround them. It aims to highlight how we often focus on the short-term cycles of our daily routines but fail to notice the longer cycles, such as the seasons of the year or the stages of life. Further, viewers are encouraged to reflect on how external, natural cycles - such as seasons - may control internal cycles, such as emotions.

Audio was created in MaxMSP and features additive sine waves, further enhancing the concept of cycles and creating an immersive audio-visual experience for viewers.