This project represents an artistic investigation that utilizes scientific data and visual expression, proposing an “Atmospheric Fractalization Formula in Non-Euclidean Fields”. The work explores how meteorological precision can be transmuted into poetic language through generative algorithms, creating an autonomous aesthetic experience that feeds off the atmospheric conditions of São Paulo.
At the heart of this proposal lies an implicit critique of the instrumental logic permeating contemporary technological culture. While most digital developments seek to solve practical problems or optimize existing processes, this work inverts this premise, constructing a rigorously elaborated technical solution for a “problem” that deliberately does not exist.
There is no weather forecasting here, nor informative dashboards. What emerges is a synesthetic translation: atmospheric humidity determines fractal complexity; thermal variations modulate spatial distortions; wind speed governs the work’s temporal rhythm. Even precipitation abandons its literal meaning to manifest as moving luminous particles, whose density responds to actual rainfall intensity.
The work’s visual materialization is articulated through five independent fractal systems, each functioning as a unique “interpretive lens” for São Paulo’s global atmospheric data. These fractals do not represent isolated climatic elements; rather, they constitute different modalities for reading the same informational set, generating a visual polyphony where each system offers its own translation of meteorological phenomena.
The result is a dynamic constellation of non-Euclidean geometries in continuous transformation. Chromatic modulations emerge directly from atmospheric conditions, creating unforeseen yet harmoniously coherent palettes. Spatial deformations, influenced by pressure and temperature, produce topologies that seem to inhabit dimensions beyond everyday perception – an aesthetic of complexity where beauty arises from the interaction of multiple variables.
The technical infrastructure supporting this visual poetry demonstrates methodological rigor compatible with the proposal’s conceptual sophistication. The system establishes a direct connection with the OpenWeatherMap API, implementing resilience strategies that include multiple connection attempts and CORS restriction workarounds. In cases of failure to obtain real data, a climate simulation algorithm calibrated for São Paulo ensures the work’s operational continuity.
The HTML Canvas functions as a rendering surface where recursive algorithms translate meteorological values into complex visual parameters: fractal branching angles, geometric iterations, proportional scales, and pulsation frequencies. Every component of the code was conceived to sustain this abstract choreography, where animation speeds respond directly to real wind gusts, and precipitation particles are generated according to rainfall intensities, always maintaining coherence with the work’s poetic register.
The “Atmospheric Fractalization Formula in Non-Euclidean Fields” stands as a testament to the possibilities of transcending purely instrumental logic in contemporary digital art. Functioning as a “contemplation machine,” the work utilizes scientific precision to generate purely aesthetic experiences, revealing layers of complex beauty hidden within urban atmospheric phenomena.
More than a data visualization, this project proposes an alternative ontology for the encounter between technology and sensibility, demonstrating how algorithms can serve not only efficiency but also the revelation of poetic dimensions inherent to the very natural processes we inhabit daily in the skies of São Paulo.
Here’s the English translation:
How Each Atmospheric Factor Modulates Fractal Generation
In the “Atmospheric Fractalization Formula,” each meteorological datum is far more than a number; it is a parameter for visual creation, a trigger for the abstract poetry of fractals. Remember: the five fractal systems on screen do not react to a single isolated factor. They are unified fields where each system interprets the entirety of the atmospheric data, but with distinct mathematical “weightings,” granting them unique characteristics.
Let’s explore how each factor contributes to this visual symphony:
- Temperature
Temperature is a conductor of rotation and spatial distortions in the fractals.
Contribution: Higher temperatures may generate faster rotations and sharper curvatures in fractal branches. Lower temperatures may result in slower movements and more contained forms. Temperature also influences color tonalities, adding warmth or coolness to the fractals’ overall palette.
Poetics: Temperature is not merely a degree, but the “thermal mood” of the environment, influencing how space bends and contorts—as if São Paulo’s very air were shaping the geometry. - Humidity
Humidity is crucial for the fractals’ complexity, internal oscillation, and even the generation of new branches.
Contribution: Higher humidity levels tend to increase the number of iterations (branches), making fractals denser and more intricate. It also drives subtle oscillation of forms, like an ethereal breath.
Poetics: Humidity is not the mere presence of water in the air, but the city’s “invisible breath,” moisture that nourishes and expands mathematical structures, making them more organic and fluid—almost like veins of an abstract organism. - Atmospheric Pressure
Atmospheric pressure acts as the fractal’s “lung,” controlling its scale and “breathing.”
Contribution: Pressure variations cause an expansion and contraction effect (breathing scale) in the fractals. Higher pressures may make the fractal appear more “compressed” or dense, while lower pressures may generate a sense of expansion and lightness. It also induces curvatures in the non-Euclidean space of the forms.
Poetics: Pressure is not a static value, but “tension or relief” within the very fabric of space, causing forms to breathe, inflate, and contract—as if the atmosphere were pushing and pulling geometric reality itself. - Wind Speed
Wind speed is one of the most dynamic factors, serving as the central rhythm of fractal animation.
Contribution: Wind directly controls the overall animation speed of all fractals. The stronger São Paulo’s wind, the faster and more intense the dance of forms. It also contributes to subtle displacement (drift) and the oscillation dynamics of the fractal systems on screen, creating a constant sense of movement.
Poetics: Wind is not merely moving air, but the atmosphere’s “kinetic energy,” the conductor that accelerates or decelerates the work’s time—revealing the invisible fury or calm permeating the city. - Precipitation
Precipitation (rain) manifests in a particularly poetic way, without literal representations.
Contribution: When rain occurs, the work generates luminous, bluish particles that move across the screen. Rain intensity (in mm/h) determines the density and spawn rate of these particles. Real wind direction and speed influence the particles’ movement and turbulence, creating subtle trails and a sense of a humid environment.
Poetics: Rain is not water, but the “ethereal manifestation of the hydrological cycle”—a rain of light and geometry floating propelled by invisible energy fields, expressing moisture’s presence without resorting to literality.
Thus, each element of São Paulo’s weather, rather than being merely reported, is transformed into a mathematical and aesthetic operator. It contributes to a generative artwork that is as scientifically precise in its data collection as it is artistically abstract in its expression.
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