Megastructure
An interactive projection onto the Lovell Telescope at Jodrell Bank Observatory.
Commissioned by Bluedot Festival 2018, with assistance from Jodrell Bank Centre for Astrophysics.
Visitors were invited to control the audio-visual composition by moving their hand over a plinth.
Generative soundtrack created by Peter Howell of The Radiophonic Workshop.
Additional programming by Cecile Lebon. Projection mapping by Bluman Associates.
‘Megastructure’ projected onto the Lovell Telescope.
‘Megastructure’ projected onto the Lovell Telescope.
‘Megastructure’ projected onto the Lovell Telescope.
Close up of ‘Megastructure’ projected onto the Lovell Telescope.
The Lovell Telescope at Bluedot Festival by day.
Documentary by Bluedot Festival about the commission, featuring Tim O’Brien of Centre for Astrophysics.
A visitor controls ‘Megastructure’ with his hand.
A visitor controls ‘Megastructure’ with her hand.