Celestial mechanics visualizes the myriad objects—satellites, aircraft, balloons—hovering around Earth at any given time. “Aircraft data collected by the Federal Aviation Administration was parsed and plotted to create animations of North American travel paths,” Koblin has explained. Flight Patterns is a “flat” corollary to an installation combining science, statistics, and art designed to be shown in a planetarium.
Gallery label from Applied Design, March 2, 2013–January 31, 2014.
We have identified these works in the following photos from our exhibition history.
Design and the Elastic Mind
Feb 24–May 12, 2008
3 other works identified
Design and the Elastic Mind
Feb 24–May 12, 2008
2 other works identified
Action! Design over Time
Feb 5, 2010–Jan 31, 2011
5 other works identified
Applied Design
Mar 2, 2013–Jan 20, 2014
2 other works identified
A Collection of Ideas
Feb 15, 2014–Jan 11, 2015
2 other works identified
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