Leveraging my background in planetary science and space engineering, I explore the interplay between space and human perception across a variety of media. Incorporate scientific data acquired from space exploration and telescopes, I translate these inputs into audiovisual (AV), video, sound, scent, haptic media, and immersive installations.
Through my work, I aim to bridge everyday scales and celestial scales by designing experimental experiences that connect distant macroscopic phenomena to intimate experiences —individual sensations, emotions, and awareness. In doing so, the work facilitates a tangible connection to space.
Born in Japan in 1999, Kayoko Lang explores the interaction between space and human perception, working across a variety of media, grounded in her knowledge of planetary science and space engineering. She majored in aerospace engineering as an undergraduate in Japan and worked in design and project management for the development of microsatellites (CanSAT).
In graduate school, she studied planetary science on Jupiter’s atmospheric composition through telescopic observations, however, her strong desire to explore the inherent beauty and possibilities of space led her to pursue art. She later studied Art & Technology / Sound Practice, and Visual Communication Design at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago, creating works that incorporate scientific data acquired from space exploration and telescopes.
Her work directly engages the senses through data visualization, sound, and immersive installation. She seeks to design experimental experiences that elicit inner emotions and insights in viewers, and evoke a personal connection between space and the individual.