Occluded Orbit

Occluded Orbit is a site specific intervention that confronts the viewer with the sheer infinite pollution of humanity: space debris. Since the first space missions around 60 years ago, humans have created over 125 million pieces of debris, orbiting our planet at astronomical speeds of many kilometers - per second. Occluded Orbit gives an interactive visualisation of the amount of tracked space debris. However, every interaction causes the exhibit to release plastic fragments that block a doorway over time – just like we might block our path into space.

Bachelor project at the Universität der Künste Berlin.

Full documentation pending...

Year: 2021

Size: site-specific

Materials: Aluminium sheets, wooden frame, electronics, modified grit spreader, recycled polyethylene regrind

Mentoring:

Prof. Jussi Ängeslevä
Prof. Anna Anders
Prof. Kathrin Peters

Special thank you to ALBA Recycling for providing the PE regrind sourced from the Berlin/Brandenburg area.