Atmospheric Pulse: The Shared Breath – ONX Seeds

“Atmospheric Pulse: The Shared Breath” is an interactive sculptural installation that translates collective human presence into a responsive physical system. Distributed across the gallery floor, semi-translucent, elastic forms expand and contract in rhythmic cycles, enacting a shared “breathing” condition.

Fabricated in flexible resin, the sculptures possess a skin-like materiality that allows subtle deformation. Their compressed, charged geometries evoke containment and latent energy. Rather than symbolically representing breath, the work renders it physically through movement.

A network of sensors captures environmental data – CO₂ levels, proximity, and thermal presence – which is processed through a microcontroller system to modulate each sculpture’s rhythm. As bodies gather, breathing accelerates; as presence diminishes, it slows. The system responds to collective conditions rather than individual interaction.

By eliminating screens and interfaces, the work foregrounds embodied co-presence, proposing an alternative model of technological interaction grounded in shared atmosphere and physical awareness.

Variable duration; a continuous, real-time generative installation activated through sensor-based audience interaction