A B.C. group of engineers is building a giant shape-shifting, origami sculpture that allows people to 'breathe' with polluted towns and cities on the other side of the world. Why? To 'evoke people's empathy.'
What if you could breathe with people suffering under chocked skies a province or continent away? Would it make you care more?
The origami-like structure is made up of folding fabric panels and manipulated by springs attached to motors. When they move, the whole structure “flows, expands and contracts” into abstract patterns — all based on the current air quality of a chosen place in the world. “We think bringing it to the public in a visual way, and also making it artistic, would evoke people's empathy.”
But it’s not just about reminding people of the differences between a smoggy Beijing, a wildfire-choked Kelowna, or a bluebird day in Vancouver.
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