The Seahorse retrieves information from the Vinga weather station and reacts according to the data it receives.
HippoCampus is a seahorse that was first moulded in clay, then digitised, and now takes the form of a point cloud. The sculpture retrieves data from the weather station at Vinga (SMHI) on the Swedish west coast and reacts to the information it receives. The entire seahorse changes direction according to the wind direction, and the points change colour according to the temperature. In cold weather, the seahorse is blue; the warmer it gets, the redder it becomes. The dots that make up the seahorse react to wind strength, so that the stronger the wind, the more the sculpture dissolves and retracts.
It was created in TouchDesigner, and here is a video showing how it reacted on 16 June 2026, when the temperature was 13,5 degrees Celsius, the wind direction was 246 degrees and the wind speed was 2,6 metres per second– as can be seen in the top right-hand corner.