In 2015, irregular dimming patterns of Tabby's Star (KIC 8462852) puzzled astronomers and sparked widespread speculation about their cause. Located approximately 1500 light years away, this astronomical anomaly inspired my project KIC 8462852 — a simulation recreating these baffling light fluctuations based on actual astrophysical data.

The simulation explores a theoretical Dyson Sphere — a hypothetical megastructure proposed by physicist Freeman Dyson that would encompass a star to capture most or all of its energy output. In my artistic interpretation, this massive construct is populated with speculative advanced technologies that might justify such extraordinary energy harvesting: a computronium (dense substrate of matter that intelligently processes information, hypothesized by Margolus and Toffoli in 1991), the Alcubierre drive (a mathematically demonstrated concept for spacetime deformation), and an omnidirectional electromagnetic pulse emitter encoding messages through light, among others.

This artistic exploration presents a purely speculative scenario where exotic advanced devices populate a Dyson structure, challenging viewers to imagine how a sufficiently advanced civilization might harness stellar energy for purposes beyond our current technological horizon. Through this scientific research and artistic simulation, I aim to provoke conversation about future energy utilization and technological achievements that may eventually become possible, either for humanity or other civilizations — realities that, for now, can only be accessed through theory and simulation.

Special thanks to: CENART (Mexico), SETI Institute. (USA) and Tabetha Boyajian.

Data processing, 3D modelling, VR programming, research