TH#13: Sabrina Verhage (Tellart) – Terraform Table
Channel: This Happened - Netherlands
Date: 2019-01-04

This talk was part of This happened Rotterdam #13.
http://www.thishappened.org/event/this-happened-rotterdam-13.

Sabrina is a Technologist at Tellart Amsterdam (https://www.tellart.com) and co-founder of Creative Coding Amsterdam, a meetup for enthusiasts. At This Happened she will introduce you to the Terraform Table, an interactive installation built around a sandbox lit by a map projection. As participants shape the sand with their hands, a machine learning algorithm generates artificially composited landscapes and seascapes. Tellart created the table in response to a commission by London’s V&A museum for its technology-focused exhibition ‘The Future Starts Here’. The curators wanted a piece that would address the question “Should we shape the Earth and other planets for human use? Check this article in dezeen about the project: https://www.dezeen.com/2018/06/01/tellart-terraform-table-topographic-sandpit-move-mountains-technology/

Video courtesy of Yorick Leusink Media Productions (http://yorickleusink.nl/)
Made possible by Design Platform Rotterdam (https://www.designplatformrotterdam.nl/) & WORM Rotterdam (https://worm.org)


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