interaction with the environment « emocao art.ficial

MetaCampo

by SCIArts (Brazil, 2010)

 

Information about wind direction, captured by a wind sensor attached to the outside of the Itaú Cultural building, is sent to a computer which, in turn, controls a fan that blows on an artificial plantation – a plane formed by flexible shafts similar to a wheat field, present within the exhibition space.

An interdisciplinary team that develops its works based on the intersection between art, science and technology, SCIArts has a fixed core of members, who realize works with invited technicians, scientists, theoreticians and artists. Currently its members are Bruno Bastos, Fernando Fogliano, Iran Bento de Godói, Julia Blumenschein, Luiz Galhardo, Milton Sogabe, Renato Hildebrand and Rosangella Leote.

Projeto Amoreiras [The Mullberry Trees Project]

 

by Grupo Poéticas Digitais (Brazil, 2010)

 

Projeto AmoreirasFive 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.

Learn more about autonomy, a central concept to some breeders of the art technology.

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.

Autonomy

Watch the lecture of Paul Pangaro on Emoção Art.ficial’s central concepts: interaction, emergence and autonomy.

Also, watch Autonomy Systems and Games, with Murray Campbell, senior manager of IBM’s Mathematical Sciences Department.

Meet Eden, a Jon McCormack’s work: an ecosystem of artificial life.