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).

Farsight and Data Command: About the Project

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.