The project investigates the interplay between an individual’s perception of a city and the abstract data it generates. Although invisible, wind significantly influences a city’s climate, geography, infrastructure, and daily life rhythms. Within Invisibility explores themes of nostalgia, personal inquiry, and the boundaries of data visualization by transforming invisible environmental data into a multi-sensory experience.

The installation translates 2011 wind data from 40 major Chinese cities into a dynamic sensory landscape. Two fans represent each city, each displaying a unique graph called a rose or rhodonea curve. Wind speed fluctuations over the previous six hours are proportionally condensed into six seconds, allowing viewers to intuitively grasp an entire day’s wind dynamics in a brief moment.

By utilizing wind as a medium to communicate multiple data layers, the artwork invites viewers to visually and physically experience the data, capturing the tactile sensation of wind, whether it manifests as a powerful gust or a gentle breeze.

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