Navigating Through Space
summary
JPL’s small creative studio turns raw mission data into specific artifacts: a series of exoplanet travel posters that go viral after an intern’s tweet; an audio installation called Orbit Pavilion that maps 19 Earth-observing satellites into sound across 50 speakers; a live LED sculpture, Pulse, driven by Processing that visualizes Deep Space Network traffic; and a working Line-of-Sight robotic street sign with three pointers controlled by a JavaScript server and Python clients. Workshops test smart fabrics, Fitbit integration, and astronaut needs before prototyping.
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chapters (9)
- 0:00Introduction by Lewis
- 1:03Who is a visual strategist
- 4:40Exoplanet travel posters
- 9:43Workshop with astronauts
- 19:24Earth data visualization
- 24:36Deep Space Network sculpture
- 27:28Robotic street signs in space
- 34:34Closing thoughts on data and art
- 35:20Q&A session
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