Bubbles, bubbles and more bubbles.  This was the challenge of the week long Catalyst program titled Ephemeral Facades.  The goal of my group was to create a temporary facade using bubbles as the material to create something that would heighten senses and add a sense of wonder to the everyday world.

 

The course was led by Leah Buechley from the MIT Media Lab and Diane Willow a local artist and UMN Associate Professor.

 

The exploration led to two scales, a small scale “wall” and a large scale “wall”.  Through the large scale installation we were able to achieve the “magical” ephemeral qualities a facade can offer.  What’s interesting was that we could “create” the wall at will, by activating the system.  We could also turn the wall off as well.   

 

Check out the documentation blog of the week long project HERE