rhythm

Lasermice

So Kanno (JP)

Lasermice is a swarm robotic installation with 60 small robots, inspired by the synchronous behavior of insects like fireflies. Robots create a visible network via laser light-photodetector communication and generate a rhythm that continuously changes and that’s made audible by a solenoid striking the floor. The combination of a visible network and an audible rhythm is spatially deployed.

Luci, sin nombre y sin memoria

José Manuel Berenguer (ES)

Luci reproduces the functioning of a self-organizing system inspired by the behavior of fireflies in south-east Asian mangrove swamps. It has been observed that when the male launches an intermittent signal the female responds with a similar signal. Luci is, in the final instance, an allusion to the irreversibility of nature and the absolute security of death.