fluid_simulation_0001.bobj.gz
w/ Emma Beltran Clos
3D printed resin, water simulation, HPZ840
2025
Based on the weather forecast for the following week in Amsterdam, the amount of rainfall expected to fall on the exposed surface of this computer was calculated. The same quantity of water was then digitally simulated falling onto a 3D scan of the very same computer. The simulation was frozen at a specific moment in time, 3D-printed in resin, and finished to resemble water suspended in motion, before being placed exactly where it was simulated to fall.
The work explores the different modes through which water is abstracted and digitised to be predicted and controlled, processes These computationally demanding tasks are processed daily in large data centres, where forecast weather and water simulations for engineering and visual effects are produced.
The printed “still water” rests, as if on a pedestal, on the computer that is plugged in and running, its fan audibly spinning.
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Installation view - Sandberg Institute, Amsterdam
Installation view - Sandberg Institute, Amsterdam
Installation view - Sandberg Institute, Amsterdam
Installation view - Sandberg Institute, Amsterdam
Installation view - Sandberg Institute, Amsterdam
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