Farsight (left) and Data Command (right).Installed.
Farsight, 2000. Front-lit digital print mounted to Plexiglas, 96 x 240 inches.
Farsight, 2000. Installed.
A.R.L. Laser Radar (LADAR) Sensor ,Physical Sciences Laboratory, Adelphi, MD.
False Color Hyperspectral Image of A.R.L.
Landsat 7 Raw Multispectral Geo Tiff of Central Washington D.C.
False Color Multispectral Image of Central Washington D.C.
Data Command, 2000. Front-lit digital print mounted to Plexiglas, 96 x 240 inches.
Data Command, 2000. Installed.
Future Soldier
This project consists of two large scale digital prints: Farsight and Data Command. Both were printed on Fuji Crystal Archive Paper using the LightJet 5000 Wide-Format Printer. Each of the two artworks comprises six 96 x 48 inch panels. The overall finished size of each work is 96 x 192 inches. The sixth panel sits in front of the other five which are hung adjacent to each other. All the print panels are front mounted to Plexiglass.
This project was commissioned to create site-specific digital art for The Sensors and Electronic Devices Directorate (S.E.D.D.) at The U.S. Army Research Laboratories (A.R.L.) in Adelphi, Maryland.
This intensive project was developed over two years. The project had many phases and required extensive scientific investigation, field trips, meetings and specialist interviews at A.R.L. and M.I.T., along with the development of reports on specific technical research and content. Many personnel from A.R.L., in addition to those who participated in the research, were present at the concept and design review sessions. It was important for the artworks to work as both art and educational support to complex scientific investigation and development since the intended audience was a mixture of scientists, administrators, ranking military and the general public. A number of artworks were development and Farsight and Data Command were the final two selected.
This artwork is a digital collage focusing on remote sensing. An image base was designed from a synthesis of satellite multispectral, airborne hyperspectral and ground based Laser Radar sensors information. Research for this work involved designing a new color coding scheme for LADAR imaging analysis and commissioning three sensor data sets: a Landsat 7 satellite, multispectral view of the Chesapeake Bay area where the Laboratory is based; an airborne hyperspectral view of the laboratory; and a ground base L.A.D.A.R. 3D data set of the Zhal Laboratory building. The coloring of the satellite view which dominates the background was initially based on a spectral cast produced by an interferometer but has, for dramatic effect, undergone a free-form distortion caused by a series of digital filtering techniques. The helicopter featured is the Comanche helicopter.
This project consists of two large scale digital prints: Farsight and Data Command. Both were printed on Fuji Crystal Archive Paper using the LightJet 5000 Wide-Format Printer. Each of the two artworks comprises six 96 x 48 inch panels. The overall finished size of each work is 96 x 240 inches. The sixth panel sits in front of the other five which are hung adjacent to each other. All the print panels are front mounted to Plexiglass.
This project was commissioned to create site-specific digital art for The Sensors and Electronic Devices Directorate (S.E.D.D.) at The U.S. Army Research Laboratories (A.R.L.) in Adelphi, Maryland.
This intensive project was developed over two years. The project had many phases and required extensive scientific investigation, field trips, meetings and specialist interviews at A.R.L. and M.I.T., along with the development of reports on specific technical research and content. Many personnel from A.R.L., in addition to those who participated in the research, were present at the concept and design review sessions. It was important for the artworks to work as both art and educational support to complex scientific investigation and development since the intended audience was a mixture of scientists, administrators, ranking military and the general public. A number of artworks were development and Farsight and Data Command were the final two selected.
This artwork is a digital collage focusing on remote sensing. An image base was designed from a synthesis of satellite multispectral, airborne hyperspectral and ground based Laser Radar sensors information. Research for this work involved designing a new color coding scheme for LADAR imaging analysis and commissioning three sensor data sets: a Landsat 7 satellite, multispectral view of the Chesapeake Bay area where the Laboratory is based; an airborne hyperspectral view of the laboratory; and a ground base L.A.D.A.R. 3D data set of the Zhal Laboratory building. The coloring of the satellite view which dominates the background was initially based on a spectral cast produced by an interferometer but has, for dramatic effect, undergone a free-form distortion caused by a series of digital filtering techniques. The helicopter featured is the Comanche helicopter.
This project consists of two large scale digital prints: Farsight and Data Command. Both were printed on Fuji Crystal Archive Paper using the LightJet 5000 Wide-Format Printer. Each of the two artworks comprises six 96 x 48 inch panels. The overall finished size of each work is 96 x 240 inches. The sixth panel sits in front of the other five which are hung adjacent to each other. All the print panels are front mounted to Plexiglass.
This project was commissioned to create site-specific digital art for The Sensors and Electronic Devices Directorate (S.E.D.D.) at The U.S. Army Research Laboratories (A.R.L.) in Adelphi, Maryland.
This intensive project was developed over two years. The project had many phases and required extensive scientific investigation, field trips, meetings and specialist interviews at A.R.L. and M.I.T., along with the development of reports on specific technical research and content. Many personnel from A.R.L., in addition to those who participated in the research, were present at the concept and design review sessions. It was important for the artworks to work as both art and educational support to complex scientific investigation and development since the intended audience was a mixture of scientists, administrators, ranking military and the general public. A number of artworks were development and Farsight and Data Command were the final two selected.
The top third of the panel shows four images taken by an ARL Laser Radar (LADAR) Sensor of the Physical Sciences Laboratory in Adelphi Maryland.
The aim was to present LADAR data in a way that easily demonstrates this utility in a 2D presentation. The laser creates a 3D data set that defines a reflectance analysis of the points in space. LCD goggles are used to view the data by combining left and right eye views so that this 3D image can then be viewed stereoscopically from any point on an XYZ axis. The traditional view presents monochrome color digital data. It is difficult to appreciate this information dimensionally in a 2D form. O'Donnell arranged a 3D spectrum coloring scheme with red at the front through violet at the rear to enhance the 2D presentation of this data.
The lower third of the image demonstrates the fusing of Mid Wave and Long Wave Infrared night images of the lab area. These images were taken from the same general location as the LADAR scene with the difference that the truck in the rear is absent.
This artwork is a digital collage focusing on remote sensing. An image base was designed from a synthesis of satellite multispectral, airborne hyperspectral and ground based Laser Radar sensors information. Research for this work involved designing a new color coding scheme for LADAR imaging analysis and commissioning three sensor data sets: a Landsat 7 satellite, multispectral view of the Chesapeake Bay area where the Laboratory is based; an airborne hyperspectral view of the laboratory; and a ground base L.A.D.A.R. 3D data set of the Zhal Laboratory building. The coloring of the satellite view which dominates the background was initially based on a spectral cast produced by an interferometer but has, for dramatic effect, undergone a free-form distortion caused by a series of digital filtering techniques. The helicopter featured is the Comanche helicopter.
This colorization of an aerial view of the Army Research Laboratory, Adelphi, Maryland, shows the independent spectral signature of the terrain. Earth Search Sciences Inc. were commissioned to provide the hyperspectral data using their PROBE-1 imager from a helicopter at the A.R.L. Adelphi site.
This artwork is a digital collage focusing on remote sensing. An image base was designed from a synthesis of satellite multispectral, airborne hyperspectral and ground based Laser Radar sensors information. Research for this work involved designing a new color coding scheme for LADAR imaging analysis and commissioning three sensor data sets: a Landsat 7 satellite, multispectral view of the Chesapeake Bay area where the Laboratory is based; an airborne hyperspectral view of the laboratory; and a ground base L.A.D.A.R. 3D data set of the Zhal Laboratory building. The coloring of the satellite view which dominates the background was initially based on a spectral cast produced by an interferometer but has, for dramatic effect, undergone a free-form distortion caused by a series of digital filtering techniques. The helicopter featured is the Comanche helicopter.
This detail shows the raw multispectral geo tiff Landsat 7 view of the Chesapeake Bay area of Washington D.C. which formed the basis for the final treatment shown on the next slide.
This artwork is a digital collage focusing on remote sensing. An image base was designed from a synthesis of satellite multispectral, airborne hyperspectral and ground based Laser Radar sensors information. Research for this work involved designing a new color coding scheme for LADAR imaging analysis and commissioning three sensor data sets: a Landsat 7 satellite, multispectral view of the Chesapeake Bay area where the Laboratory is based; an airborne hyperspectral view of the laboratory; and a ground base L.A.D.A.R. 3D data set of the Zhal Laboratory building. The coloring of the satellite view which dominates the background was initially based on a spectral cast produced by an interferometer but has, for dramatic effect, undergone a free-form distortion caused by a series of digital filtering techniques. The helicopter featured is the Comanche helicopter.
This detail shows a false color multispectral image of Central Washington D.C., specifically the Chesapeake Bay area where the Laboratory is based. This was a specially commissioned image taken by the Landsat 7 satellite. The coloring of this satellite view was initially based on a spectral cast produced by an interferometer but has, for dramatic effect, undergone a free-form distortion caused by a series of digital filtering techniques.
This artwork is a digital collage focusing on remote sensing. An image base was designed from a synthesis of satellite multispectral, airborne hyperspectral and ground based Laser Radar sensors information. Research for this work involved designing a new color coding scheme for LADAR imaging analysis and commissioning three sensor data sets: a Landsat 7 satellite, multispectral view of the Chesapeake Bay area where the Laboratory is based; an airborne hyperspectral view of the laboratory; and a ground base L.A.D.A.R. 3D data set of the Zhal Laboratory building. The helicopter featured is the Comanche helicopter.
This digital mural artwork is based on new technologies being developed to provide the individual soldier with light-weight power sources, the aim being to give lighter ground based armor that will back up the soldier's ability to survive on contemporary and future battlefields. The central figure of the composition is based on developmental research by the Natick Soldier Center to evolve the 2025 future soldier. Accompanying the central figure are images developed in 2D and 3D software from schematics relating to lithium-ion polymer battery systems and single-walled carbon nanotubes (SWNT).
This project consists of two large scale digital prints: Farsight and Data Command. Both were printed on Fuji Crystal Archive Paper using the LightJet 5000 Wide-Format Printer. Each of the two artworks comprises six 96 x 48 inch panels. The overall finished size of each work is 96 x 240 inches. The sixth panel sits in front of the other five which are hung adjacent to each other. All the print panels are front mounted to Plexiglass.
This project was commissioned to create site-specific digital art for The Sensors and Electronic Devices Directorate (S.E.D.D.) at The U.S. Army Research Laboratories (A.R.L.) in Adelphi, Maryland.
This intensive project was developed over two years. The project had many phases and required extensive scientific investigation, field trips, meetings and specialist interviews at A.R.L. and M.I.T., along with the development of reports on specific technical research and content. Many personnel from A.R.L., in addition to those who participated in the research, were present at the concept and design review sessions. It was important for the artworks to work as both art and educational support to complex scientific investigation and development since the intended audience was a mixture of scientists, administrators, ranking military and the general public. A number of artworks were development and Farsight and Data Command were the final two selected.
This digital mural artwork is based on new technologies being developed to provide the individual soldier with light-weight power sources, the aim being to give lighter ground based armor that will back up the soldier's ability to survive on contemporary and future battlefields. The central figure of the composition is based on developmental research by the Natick Soldier Center to evolve the 2025 future soldier. Accompanying the central figure are images developed in 2D and 3D software from schematics relating to lithium-ion polymer battery systems and single-walled carbon nanotubes (SWNT).
This project consists of two large scale digital prints: Farsight and Data Command. Both were printed on Fuji Crystal Archive Paper using the LightJet 5000 Wide-Format Printer. Each of the two artworks comprises six 96 x 48 inch panels. The overall finished size of each work is 96 x 240 inches. The sixth panel sits in front of the other five which are hung adjacent to each other. All the print panels are front mounted to Plexiglass.
This project was commissioned to create site-specific digital art for The Sensors and Electronic Devices Directorate (S.E.D.D.) at The U.S. Army Research Laboratories (A.R.L.) in Adelphi, Maryland.
This intensive project was developed over two years. The project had many phases and required extensive scientific investigation, field trips, meetings and specialist interviews at A.R.L. and M.I.T., along with the development of reports on specific technical research and content. Many personnel from A.R.L., in addition to those who participated in the research, were present at the concept and design review sessions. It was important for the artworks to work as both art and educational support to complex scientific investigation and development since the intended audience was a mixture of scientists, administrators, ranking military and the general public. A number of artworks were development and Farsight and Data Command were the final two selected.
This central figure of Data Command's composition is based on developmental research by the Natick Soldier Center to evolve the 2025 future soldier. There is a fundamental issue in Soldier Power - the soldier needs energy in the form of electrical energy:
This digital mural artwork is based on new technologies being developed to provide the individual soldier with light-weight power sources, the aim being to give lighter ground based armor that will back up the soldier's ability to survive on contemporary and future battlefields. Accompanying the central figure are images developed in 2D and 3D software from schematics relating to lithium-ion polymer battery systems and single-walled carbon nanotubes (SWNT).
