Datum Line

• Prize
  Best of Best in Temporary exhibitions / Exhibition design
• Company
  Susan Narduli Studio
• Lead
  Susan Narduli
• Team
  Susan Narduli, Sebastian Peschiera, Victor Gomez-Mustafa, Sam Richard, Paris Young (Narduli Studio) Marc Aptakin, Roy Husdell (Mad Labs)
• Client
  EUROPEAN CULTURAL CENTRE
• Credits
  Photos by Narduli Studio and Federico Vespignani
• Video
  Link to video

Datum Line invites the viewer into a space simultaneously structured and in flux. Driven by real world data and rooted in real world issues, the immersive video and sound environment translates the rise and fall of global sea levels into a multi-sensory narrative of place and time. Driven by the same data, a virtual reality environment frames the light constructions within fragmentary glimpses of the planet to provide a view into the indeterminate landscape of climate change. Datum Line previewed at the 2023 European Cultural Centre Venice Architecture Biennial exhibition Time Space Existence.

Susan Narduli imagines a future based on the synergistic evolution of physical and virtual environments. Trained as both artist and architect, her work is at the forefront of a reimagining of how technology can shape a new typology of public space. Her dynamic, intelligent installations bridge traditional disciplines to create an architecture of experience through art. Commissions include public art, public space, generative architecture, virtual environments, interactive experiences and light and sound environments. Prior to starting her own firm, Narduli was Project Designer for Frank Gehry.