Point Cloud Departures

Abstract

Witnessing stunning sunrises in red, gold, and apricot hues, caused by traveling Sahara sands in the northern hemisphere, the flow of earth’s grain is rendered visible. Stone, so often perceived as something permanent and reliable, appears in its most granular form, circulating across borders, evading any notion of solid boundaries. Calling attention to transitions in scale and temporality inherent to the processes, relations, and duration of stone, I dig into mineral particles as both principle (Nature) and concept (Landscape). Drawing on strands of vital materialism, I explore landscape properties where a virtually pulverized worldview conflates with a contemporary material permeability. The Project is conducted and expressed through Design Driven Research, investigating tools capable of bridging the gap between dirt, dust and deep geology; LIDAR, Point Cloud Modeling and AR layering, all of which pursue questions of authorship as a multidirectional exchange of knowledge between materiality, landscape, resource, technology, and imagination.

Keywords: particles, partial perspectives, LIDAR