Nova

Nova maps all the supernova events recorded in history into an audio-visual installation distributing the information through light and sound. The information is laser cut into board and diffused as light using several overhead projectors. The data is mapped with the oldest recorded supernovas occurring at the top of the visualisation and supernovas recorded most recently placed at the bottom. The visualisation reads year in the x axis and month in the y axis, the size of each rectangle reflects the recorded magnitude of each supernova.

Diffused light is accompanied by sonified data of each recorded supernova which is output as sound and visual though a CRT display. The sonification is complimented by a constantly evolving generative soundscape.