peripeteia is a study of time and space using falling sweetgum leaves in the murphy sculpture garden at ucla. the sculpture explores a leaf’s contours and the space they occupy through time by qualitatively and quantitatively modeling ~0.3 second of high-speed video documentation.

video was shot at 60 frames per second with a sony hdv-hc3 video camera. maya was used for the 4d modeling, and rhino and zprint were used to prepare the model for a z corp 3d printer. studies were completed in processing and norrkross morphx. special thanks to ben toam and hugo martinez at morphosis architects for their help creating the 3d print.


digital models: