Fernando Diaz
Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Fairgrounds St. Pete Project
Searchlight Sanctuary, creative coding, stage and street light, stage and graphic elements
Created in collaboration with Fairgrounds St. Pete, Searchlight Sanctuary is a narrative, graphic diorama that invites guests to discover hidden elements and clues from within Fairgrounds St. Pete’s universe while challenging their perception. Visitors will be confronted with a monochromatic, lush landscape full of textures and objects; under these conditions it can be hard to discern subtle clues. As they respond to prompts, visitors will discover that things take on a new meaning under a different light, leaving them with a sense of wonder and discovery for what might be hiding in plain sight.
Bio
Fernando studied Industrial Design at Rhode Island School of Design, starting his undergraduate degree with a background in building/making and leaving with a passion for technology. As a senior technologist at Tellart, he works on the Research and Development team helping to prototype solutions and effectively implement adjustments and improvements along the way; always with a human-centric design perspective. His latest work explores the relationship between human perception of individualism and the natural world preference on the networks.