We are very pleased, that by the beginning of Autumn, we completed 100 SPIRITS and therefore, the artwork can be experienced as a whole.
Some facts and features …
100 unique Shoes which have been selected from a set of over 1000, each shoe collected by the artist on beaches around the world at the shores of the oceans, the Atlantic, the Indian Ocean, the Mediterranean Sea, the Pacific Ocean.
100 unique 3d worlds with each 3 LODs of Gaussian Splats of the Shoe and the Environment for an optimized Mobile, Desktop and Archival experience.
We took over 15000 35 MP photos from which the GS were processed in our custom built Studio setup.
We chose and designed 4 different Sand environment, which for every shoe is modified, so we have a unique ground, the Shoe sits on.
There are also 3d meshes for each world which we need for the Augumentation which are generated through photogrammetry, matching the GS, hand optimized, rendered and hand crafted textures.
A custom built and programmed fluid simulation which handles a lot of different situations and needs, satisfying the artistic vision covering ideas of Crude oil, Gasoline, Water, Iridescence, burnt materials, plants, techno and hippie light shows …
4 different seasons, 25 works each, each one which a unique character and storyline, concept, visual appearance, shaders and materials, functionalities and each one with a unique generative audio concept and method using different audio synthesis, generated via webaudio and ToneJS.
The work has been produced over the course of almost one year now, and is still on display on LACMAs website until the closure of the Show in December 2026.
Summer was celebrated at LACMA in June 2026 with a fantastic art-music-dance event, 2 DJ/VJ s perfoming the Artworks with a custom designed Audio and Video Realtime mixing system on a LED wall in front of a croud of 4000 people.
SPIRITS will be available as Art - tokens on the blockchain.
Thank you babylonJS!
All the Best.
Werner