Sternwerk

STERNWERK is an interactive installation creating meaning through the constellation of a meteorite (deep time), a simulation (Conway’s Game of Life), and human presence. The meteorit, acting as a heat sink for the computation, becomes condenser for human breath. As each drop falls, amplified by sound, it resets the cellular automata simulation, perpetually restarting a fragile universe. This cyclical process transforms our ephemeral breath into a microcosmic echo of vast temporal scales. The residue carried by each drop becomes a material archive, a humble counter-monument to deep time and human encounters with the cosmic. Sternwerk is a constructed German word merging “Stern” (star, often used poetically to describe celestial bodies) and “Werk” (which carries multiple meanings in German). “Werk” can mean a factory or assembly line—an industrial process— or it can mean work, related to the concept of the artwork. We created this deliberate ambiguity to articulate an unstable, generative in-between space—a conceptual context where meanings oscillate and familiar elements are transmuted and materialized through production.

The work was exhibited at
MORPHOLOGY
Hong Kong, Hanart TZ Gallery, 13.12.2025 - 24.01.2026