POP Post Origami Punk

Designed as a monumental performance in the Ars Electronica Center’s Deep Space 8K, as part of the 2024 Festival, a two-part performance was devised.

The delicate reactive foldings and unfoldings of the monumental spiral were simulated in real-time, reacting and embracing the origami musical instruments being played below. This simulation, based on a partial rewrite of Amanda Ghaessi’s “Origami Simulator”, was custom-built to be integrated as a real-time compagnion to the musical processing on display. Combined with a Unity-based 3D scene, it powered a room-sized performance in front of a large audience.