to the moon (2021)

is based on the dataset of 621 ecstasy pills seized in the north-east of Switzerland between 2010 and 2011. The animation runs for 22 sec and displays an interpolation through a generated multidimensional vector field.

The initial dataset intention is to evaluate clustering and dimension reduction methods (Patiny; Zasso; Esseiva, Wist).

According to the World Drug Report 2020, cocaine and ecstasy are the most consumed stimulant drugs, with 19 and 27 millions estimated users in 2018.