GMU:Connecting Max to the World/Frederic Blais-Belanger

An Interspecies Communication Tool

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This research aims to develop an installation allowing a feedback loop conversation between a performer and Bioluminescent Algae (as shown on the schema below). It has two main parts:

• The first one is to capture the motion of the performer and translate it into disturbance in the water to activate the phytoplankton.
• The second part is to capture the light emitted by the plankton and translate it into sounds in order to feed the performer's movements.

Sub-patches:

• /Generate signal from video
• /Triggering air pump
• /Sensoring Pyrocystis light
• /Playing music

Main patches:

• /Talking to Pyrocystis
• /Listening to Pyrocystis

Project

As part of my Projektmodul Art and Biomedia: agencies of being, I am working on creating a platform where a human can perform a social interaction with Bioluminescent Algae ('Pyrocystis Fusiformis') by the forms of sound and movement.

Link to full project: GMU:Art and Biomedia/Frederic Blais-Belanger

Further research

/Exercises