MUSEUM OF THE FUTURE
Installation images / video © Crisp Arthouse. Courtesy of Certain Measures. Audio by Scott March Smith.
The Museum of the Future houses an immersive multimedia experience that position visitors in an optimistic vision of a post-climate crisis Earth. For the Museum, Certain Measures imagined a nursery and observatory for planetary ecology as part of the experience of the HEAL Institute, a future global organization tasked with remediating damaged ecosystems.
Visitors peer into incubators nurturing dozens of speculative species of plant, animal, fungus, and insect that could revitalize a struggling planet. Holographic displays show the particular specimen’s growth and time until they are ready for deployment. A full wall projection provides a view into a global monitoring system sensing imminent ecological disasters and tracking HEAL Institute remediation projects across the globe.
Scott was part of the design team for this project from concept to installation; designed and produced projection and TLCD video animations and custom LED lighting software; coordinated media design / production team; coordinated technical integration with Museum exhibit monitoring and control systems; coordinated installation on site with chief environmental designers, exhibit contractors, Museum staff; built initial mockups of species models, LEDs and TLCD systems; collaborated on overall narrative and concept.
Project team
Andrew Witt, Tobias Nolte, Martin Fernandez, Scott March Smith, Olivia Heung, James Yamada, Cameron McCormick, Gavin Ruedisueli
Environmental and Spatial Design, Coordination, Management and Production Supervision
Atelier Brückner
Exhibition Fabrication
id3d-berlin
Composition and Sound Design
James Bulley
Marshmallow Laser Feast
Hand-held device design
Marshmallow Laser Feast