Hydrosheds
Colton Hash Menu CV Bio Media Research Hydrosheds, 2023 Interactive Simulation Hyrdosheds, Screenshot Project Description Hydrosheds is an interactive simulation that depicts landscape relationships between an urban community and a virtual ecosystem within a small watershed. Different landscapes can be generated to show how variations in vegetation, urban density and permeable surfaces affect stormwater […]
Mycelial Forest
Colton Hash Menu CV Bio Media Research Mycelial Forest, 2023 Interactive Installation, Dynamic Simulation https://vimeo.com/802873742 Mycelial Forest, Screen Recording Project Description Mycelial Forest depicts symbiotic relationships between trees and soil organisms amidst a continually changing landscape. As old growth trees grow and decay, their roots are visible as they exchange nutrients through a subsurface mycelium […]
Uncertain Associations
Colton Hash Menu CV Bio Media Research Uncertain Associations, 2022 Interactive Installation, Dynamic Simulation https://vimeo.com/696372343 Uncertain Associations, Interactive Installation Project Description Uncertain Associations is an interactive installation that depicts cycles of growth and decay of urban structures within a continually changing ecosystem. Endlessly shifting visualizations and sounds evoke a wide range of experiences to consider […]
Eye of the Anthropocene
Colton Hash Menu CV Bio Media Research Eye of the Anthropocene, 2022 Interactive Data Visualization Eye of the Anthropocene, Screenshot Project Description Eye of the Anthropocene is a map-based data visualization that depicts the past decade of wildfire events in Canada and the United States. Through a removed perspective, wildfire data recorded by NASA satellites […]
Carbon Pulse
Colton Hash Menu CV Bio Media Research Carbon Pulse, 2021 Interactive Data Visualization https://vimeo.com/543900980 Carbon Pulse: The Salish Sea, Interactive projection Project Description Carbon Pulse is a series of interactive data visualizations artworks that depict greenhouse gas emissions from the urban regions. Historical climate model data is integrated into a virtual landscape to visualize weather […]
Generative Architecture
Colton Hash Menu CV Bio Media Research Generative Architecture, 2021 Generative Installation https://vimeo.com/569682119 Video Caption Project Description Generative Architecture is a real-time simulation that produces an endless series of buildings that arise in virtual space. Each structure is generated by a system that encodes dominant architectural styles within the Vancouver and Victoria regions. Although individual […]
Evolutionary Forest
Colton Hash Menu CV Bio Media Research Evolutionary Forest, 2022 Generative Simulation https://vimeo.com/590040197 Screen recording of Evolutionary Forest Project Description Evolutionary Forest is a generative artwork that produces a virtual ecosystem which responds to changing landscape conditions. This simulated environment continually evolves through interrelated approximations of complex ecological processes. As an installation, Evolutionary Forest is […]
Atmospheric Ocean
Colton Hash Menu CV Bio Media Research Atmospheric Ocean, 2019 Interactive Data Art https://vimeo.com/340496820 Screen Recording of Interactive Application Project Description Atmospheric Ocean is an interactive data visualization artwork that depicts processes that cycle carbon dioxide between the air and sea. Animated particles represent CO2 in various forms and visualize various biological and physical processes. […]
Homeostasis
Colton Hash Menu CV Bio Media Research Homeostasis, 2017 Dynamic-Interactive Installation https://vimeo.com/201777648 Installation Documentation Project Description Homeostasis is a dynamic-interactive digital media installation featuring generative systems that approximate ecological processes of forest growth, adaptation and disturbance from wildfire. The forest of Homeostasis maintains itself in an adaptive balance through cycles of growth and decay. Without […]
Acoustic Turbulence
Colton Hash Menu CV Bio Media Research Acoustic Turbulence, 2019 Interactive Data Visualization https://vimeo.com/340495771 Documentation Excerpts Project Description Acoustic Turbulence is an interactive data visualization depicting underwater noise generated from large marine vessels. Photographic elements are animated to create cinematic scenes of ships passing through the Salish Sea. Below the ocean surface viewers experience visceral […]