Climate Wunderkammer

Climate Wunderkammer is a Collateral Event of the 18th International Architecture Exhibition - La Biennale di Venezia, running from May 20 to November 26, 2023. A collective digital archive participated by students to propose narratives and solutions against climate change.

Plam Studio commissioned by Politecnico di Milano was responsible for the graphic design, installation and user-experience of the event at the spaces of Palazzo Badoer, Iuav University of Venice.

The “Climate Wunderkammer” event is a multi-sensory experience on the impact of climate change in our lives aimed at stimulating and sharing practical solutions to cope and adapt to it.
The Collective Archive ( https://climatetrial.github.io/ ) shares the narratives, experiences and emotions of students from universities participating in the project.
To participate in the archive and submit contributions: https://climatetrial.github.io/
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Murmuration Project
Murmuration Project Murmuration Project was born as a visual interpretation of the Climate Wunderkammer archive. It evolves as an audiovisual project, curated by Plam Studio in collaboration with Francesco Ulian (Motion Designer) and Luca Venturini (Sound Designer), becoming an installation and experience within the exhibition venues.

The graphic output, projected on the wall, imitates the natural phenomenon of flocks, individual behavioral interactions between birds that generate a complex and scenic system. Similarly, contributions and ideas from the Climate Wunderkammer archive, orbit our planet creating connections without boundaries.

The video of the globe enveloped in swirling flows was projected on the wall opposite the entrance to the room.
The audio contribution, created by Luca Venturini, envelops the room by blending organic and technological sounds.

The console, in the center of the room, houses a controller through which visitors can interact with the algorithm that generates the audiovisual projection. Each pad of the controller is associated with a sound and a movement of the projected stream, in this way, each intervention modifies the audio-visual output, leaving a trace of its passage.

The windows of the exhibition space have been covered with orange film, enveloping the room in a dystopian, high-temperature atmosphere, amplifying the feeling of immersion in the archive.

Climate Wunderkammer is organized by RWTH Aachen University, with support from Politecnico di Milano, Iuav University of Venice, Delft University of Technology, Chalmers University of Technology, Alexandria University, German Jordanian University, University of Pretoria, Singapore University of Technology and Design, and the International Union of Architects.