Stories Written by the Sky
Oct. 25, 2025 - Dec. 14, 2025
National Taiwan Museum of Fine Arts ( NTMOFA ) Taichung, Taiwan
( Installation View, Image Credit: NTMOFA )
Stories Written by the Sky ( SWBTS ) is an immersive interactive installation by Lythologies, a decentralized research group working at the intersection of climate storytelling and emerging media. The work emerged from a search for a cinema of fragmentation: a search for a form capable of holding the complexity that arises amid climate collapse and where linear narrative feels insufficient.
Shot in 360 Video, this project began as an experiment in open-world storytelling in cinema. It evolved through extensive collaboration with Loftwork Taiwan ( Paul Yeh ), Haamid Rahim and HWH studio, and the support of National Taiwan Museum of Fine arts, turning into an immersive experience that tests the limits of interaction in 360 environments.
At its core, SWBTS is an interface of narrative tiles ( fragments of poetry, sound, and 360° footage ) that audiences recombine into short films through participation. No single arrangement completes the work; rather each reassembly opens onto the next, producing a collective, non-linear spiral in which meaning remains perpetually in formation. The work asks: how do we locate ourselves within deep time? How do we process collective climate grief?
The Narrative Recombination framework combines M5 Stack IOT, Unity, TouchDesigner, and Reaper. It is fully spatialized in 16.5 audio and designed to evolve, adapt, and receive new stories over time. We think of Stories Written by the Sky as a living framework — one that will continue to evolve as new collaborators, landscapes, and communities bring their own fragments into the archive.
Visit Lythologies.org to learn more about SWBTS!