by SymbioticA (Australia - United States, 2008–2009)
Robots move vertically along various columns, leaving traces that are actually the representation of the firings of neurons cultivated in a glass recipient located thousands of kilometers away. Parallel to this, sensors located around the installation capture the movements of the public, which, in turn, also move the robots about.
The collective SymbioticA is made up of artists Guy Ben-Ary and Philip Gamblen, composer Brett Murray, engineers Peter Gee, Nathan Scott and Stephen Bobic, as well as Dr. Steve Potter, a neuroscientist with the laboratory of neuroengineering at Georgia Tech, Atlanta, United States. Installed at the School of Human Anatomy and Biology of the University of Western Australia, the group blends art with science, encouraging critical thinking on the ethical and cultural questions involved in the manipulation of life.