Butterfly Perspective Event

Immerse yourself in the world of butterflies!
Science Visualization Lab
Ausstellung im Rahmen des Angewandte Festivals

Immerse yourself in a captivating journey through high-resolution scans of butterflies and experience Butterfly}Pieris{Effect, a thought-provoking media installation showing computer animations of microCT scan data (VR, projection mapping) that challenges our human-centric worldview. Imagine the fascinating perspectives of these tiny creatures as you discover the delicate balance between human existence and the intricate world of insects, inspiring a reevaluation of our perspective on the often-overlooked inhabitants of our ecosystem.
Immerse yourself in a captivating journey through high-resolution scans of butterflies and experience Butterfly}Pieris{Effect, a thought-provoking media installation showing computer animations of microCT scan data (VR, projection mapping) that challenges our human-centric worldview. Imagine the fascinating perspectives of these tiny creatures as you discover the delicate balance between human existence and the intricate world of insects, inspiring a reevaluation of our perspective on the often-overlooked inhabitants of our ecosystem.

The art-sci project “Butterfly }Pieris{ Effect” aims to increase awareness of us humans for the importance of other creatures in ourecosystem. The majority of people have a human-centric world view. However, it should not be forgotten that human beings cannot survive without other living beings, no matter how small and seemingly insignificant they may be.

The installation questions the dichotomy of insect and human gaze using computer-animated scientific visualizations and the example ofthe butterfly Pieris sp.. The elaborate animations offer the option to try to imagine what it is like to see through the eyes of an insect and these perspectives can offer a critical inquiry of our human position in Earth’s ecosystem.

The Butterfly Effect theory states that small causes might have large effects and this connects intriguingly to the objective of the project. We never know if one insect killed, marks a tipping point toward greater species extinction on our planet.

The sci-art installation is an austrian-britisch collaboration of Alfred Vendl and Martina Fröschl of the Science Visualization Lab of the University of Applied Arts Vienna (AT), the internationally renown documentary film director Steve Nicholls (UK), Thomas Schwaha of the Zoology department of the University of Vienna, Stephan Handschuh at the VetCore Imaging of the Veterinary University of Vienna, the artist Michael Bachhofer and butterfly expert Arthur Bürger.

Beteiligte KünstlerInnen und/oder VeranstalterInnen:
Science Visualization Lab der Universität für angewandte Kunst Wien, Abteilung Digitale Kunst
Martina Fröschl, Michael Bachhofer

Veranstaltungszeiten:

16.6. Eröffnung, 18 Uhr
23.6. Musikabend “Schubert und die Natur” mit Kristina Gorke (Gesang) und Stipe Bilić (Piano); Artist Talk, ab 18 Uhr
27.-30.6. Die Ausstellung ist im Rahmen des Angewandte Festivals geöffnet: www.angewandtefestival.at (15-20 Uhr; 30.6. 15-21:30 Uhr)
4.-6.7. KinderUniKunst zu Gast in der Ausstellung www.kinderunikunst.at
7.7. Finissage, 18 Uhr

Finalist: Global Digital Digital Arts Prize 2022 of the NTU Singapore!