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Pareidolia Clouds Mammatus cloud sim, high definition loop, Amsterdam Centraal Station 2021
Pareidolia Clouds collection of selected pareidolia clouds 2016 - 2022
Pareidolia Clouds Lenticular, Hood and Ring, Scud, Mammatus, inkjet on Baryta
Pareidolia Clouds pareidolia clouds 2020 AP first edition, inkjet on Baryta
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Pareidolia Clouds

(2016 - 2022)

CGI animated cloud simulations,
inkjet on Hahnemuhle FineArt Baryta paper

on-going, dimensions variable
private collections US, NL, DE

In collaboration with visual effects software developers in the US and Germany, fluid dynamic particle simulations are rendered into photorealistic clouds in the shape of abstract, meteorological, and anthropomorphized forms thereby inducing the human perceptual phenomenon of pareidolia. A script was generated from hundreds of pages of scraped forum commentary. The text was then re-mixed using algorithms and compiled into a semi-logical and absurdist dialogue for actors.

supported in part by Amsterdam Fonds voor de Kunst, Het Stimuleringsfonds Creatieve Industrie Fond, Mondriaan Fonds


[1] Mammatus cloud sim, high definition loop, Amsterdam Centraal Station 2021
[2] collection of selected pareidolia clouds 2016 - 2022
[3] Lenticular, Hood and Ring, Scud, Mammatus, inkjet on Baryta
[4] pareidolia clouds 2020 AP first edition, inkjet on Baryta
[5] pareidolia clouds 2020 excerpt
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