Watch eCloud Movie Download Visualization App (Need Processing First) Schematic Liquid cyrstal glass - no charge and with charge The animations will reference swarm patterns Next eCloud Commissioned with Nik Hafermaas and Aaron Koblin to create a data driven sculpture for the new concourse of the San Jose International Airport. The eCloud is a dynamic sculpture inspired by the volume and behavior of an idealized cloud. Clouds are ephemeral and in perpetual transformation, their abstract shapes are constantly teasing the mind of the observer to “see” and interpret. Clouds focus our attention to the sky and connect us to our fascination with flying. This sculpture for the Norman Y. Mineta San José International Airport’s North Concourse consists of hundreds of small square panels of electrically switchable laminated plexiglass, that perform as pixels. This material has the ability to progressively graduate opacities with the transmission of an electrical charge: when in neutral, the panel is opaque and when sent an electronic charge the material transitions to visually transparent. The pixels are arranged to simulate a disperse cloud suspended from the concourse ceiling structure. The core volume of the piece is 16’ wide x 12’ tall x 108’ long and the pixels will be hung from a tensile structure. The animations that move through eCloud are based on weather data changes. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration runs a live feed of weather and wind conditions for all airports in the United States. Unique animations are displayed through the sculpture as guided by the weather at different airports that might be flying in and out of the concourse. By replaying data through time, abstract imagery moves from one panel to the next, creating visualizations that traverse the concourse space. An additional display signage communicates the current dataset to the viewers.