Agentic visual chapters respond to alpine weather data, presence cues, and audience activity.
Human Atmospheres
Context
World Economic Forum Annual Meeting, Davos
Scale
13 x 3 meter LED wall, opening ceremony visuals, framed works, and large-format prints
System
Agentic AI, live alpine weather data, presence response, and real-time atmospheric rendering
Inputs
Temperature, humidity, wind speed, barometric pressure, and human presence
Studio Notes
Concept support, software behavior, display adaptation, calibration, event extension, and presentation materials
Operational Notes
Multi-format public presentation designed for high-profile cultural forum conditions and daily site variation
Phenomena Labs developed the generative system, live-data behavior, display adaptation, calibration, and performance extensions for Ronen Tanchum’s Human Atmospheres at the World Economic Forum in Davos.
The project translated alpine weather data and human presence into an evolving 13 x 3 meter atmospheric installation, with related Opening Ceremony visuals, framed works, and large-format prints.
System
Delivery
Generative system, live-data behavior, display adaptation, calibration, and performance extensions.
Formats
Interactive LED installation, Opening Ceremony visuals, framed oak works, and large-format prints.
Short Description
Human Atmospheres - a multi-form World Economic Forum Davos 2026 presentation spanning an interactive agentic AI installation, music-reactive Opening Ceremony visuals, framed oak works, and large-format prints.
Long Description
Human Atmospheres was developed for the 2026 World Economic Forum Annual Meeting in Davos as a multi-form presentation. Its central form is an interactive agentic installation that translates real-time Swiss alpine weather data into an evolving atmospheric environment across a 13 x 3 meter LED wall.
The project also appeared as music-reactive visual art for the Opening Ceremony, performed with Renaud Capucon and Jon Batiste, and as a series of framed oak works and large-format prints installed across the Davos meeting. Together, these forms extended the system from immersive environment to live performance and still image.
The visual engine operates through autonomous agents responsible for distinct atmospheric chapters. Temperature, humidity, wind speed, barometric pressure, and human presence feed directly into generative behavior, allowing color, density, motion, and light to shift throughout the day in response to both climate and audience.
The project also appeared as music-reactive visual art for the Opening Ceremony, performed with Renaud Capucon and Jon Batiste, and as a series of framed oak works and large-format prints installed across the Davos meeting. Together, these forms extended the system from immersive environment to live performance and still image.
The visual engine operates through autonomous agents responsible for distinct atmospheric chapters. Temperature, humidity, wind speed, barometric pressure, and human presence feed directly into generative behavior, allowing color, density, motion, and light to shift throughout the day in response to both climate and audience.
Artist
Ronen Tanchum
Location
Davos, Switzerland
Year
2026
Partner
World Economic Forum Annual Meeting 2026
Type
Interactive agentic installation and multi-format presentation
Scale
13 × 3 meter LED wall, opening ceremony visuals, framed oak works, large-format prints
System
Agentic AI, real-time weather data, software system, presence-responsive behavior
Studio Role
Generative system design, live-data integration, display adaptation, installation calibration, and performance-format adaptation
Site Inputs
Temperature, humidity, wind speed, barometric pressure, and human presence mapped to color, density, motion, and light behavior
Presentation Notes
Large-format LED playback, real-time weather data pipeline, autonomous visual chapters, opening ceremony cueing, and on-site calibration.