Five real mulberry trees, arranged in front of the headquarters of Itaú Cultural, “learn” – by way of a device for measuring noise pollution – to vibrate in response to environmental sounds. This project is aimed at increasing the chances of the trees’ survival, now able to emit warnings in possible situations of risk.
Grupo Poéticas Digitais – which, for this project, relied on the participation of Gilbertto Prado, Agnus Valente, Andrei Tomaz, Claudio Bueno, Daniel Ferreira, Luciana Ohira, Lucila Meirelles, Mauricio Taveira, Nardo Germano, Sérgio Bonilha, Tania Fraga and Tatiana Travisani – was created in 2002 at the Department of Visual Arts of the Universidade de São Paulo (USP). The collective aims to generate a multidisciplinary nucleus, promoting the development of experimental projects and reflection on the impact of the new technologies on the visual arts.
The printout of an artwork classified as software art. It involves the overlaying of 1.5 million colored lines, which recall the childhood game of Pick-Up Sticks. This artwork is the result of a computer program based on a simple geometric image, with the format of a tree. The artwork was elaborated to be applied to the façade of the Itaú Cultural Building.
Pascal Dombis lives and works in Paris, France. His artwork received an honorable mention at Ars Electronica in 1994, and has been featured at exhibitions of generative and fractal art throughout Europe and in the United States. In his artwork, he explores the paradoxical coexistence between ordered control and chaotic random forces.
Five real mulberry trees, arranged in front of the headquarters of Itaú Cultural, “learn” – by way of a device for measuring noise pollution – to vibrate in response to environmental sounds. This project is aimed at increasing the chances of the trees’ survival, now able to emit warnings in possible situations of risk.