Tidings — Andrey Berger

Tidings Russian Museum Saint Petersburg, 2024

Alas - is a moving three-dimensional model of Moscow's central district. The object was composed of electronic stuffing, a laser scanning beam, 3D printing, and was included in the installation.
Systematic information update about urban spaces requires continuous analysis of incoming data. Cities are managing this through modern technology. This is just a partial list of the data collection methods and sources: space satellites, unmanned cars and drones, traffic police transport, outdoor surveillance cameras and the non-stop data collection from civic users' gadgets. Just like a laser scanner they relentlessly collect all kinds of metrics, shaping a new digital identity. All these activities are semi-automated and happen seamlessly to the human eye. Meanwhile, these processes hold the key to the understanding of how fast the space around us is changing. It was essential for me to visualize the process of data collection and its various aspects with this project.