Artificial Intelligence & Life Art
HONORARY MENTION
Installation
One Tree ID is a biochemical and biopoetic odor communication experiment between visitors and a black pine. For the project, the artist created a perfume from the gas emissions of the individual tree.
These volatile organic compounds (VOCs) are the communication system of the plants and produce what we recognize as the fragrance of a forest. By applying it, one can potentially have a conversation that – although invisible and inaudible — might still take place on a biochemical level.
Project Credits:
- In collaboration with Prof. Dr. Birgit Piechulla and Dr. Uta Effmert, Biochemistry, Institute for BioSciences, University Rostock and Marc vom Ende, Senior Perfumer, Symrise
- With kind support of the Stiftung Kunstfonds, Symrise AG, Universität Rostock
