Nina Tommasi

Biological Instrumentation is a time-based spatial installation of mimosa plants, each connected by a series of tubes to an air compressor and wired with audio speakers and other electronic equipment. Algorithmically triggered compressed air forces the plants to contract. As the plants begin to open their leaves again, sound signals play from the audio speakers. This work explores the poetics involved in creating new relationships between machines and plant life.

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<description>Yoon Chung Han, UCLA Design | Media Arts</description>

Yoon Chung Han, UCLA Design | Media Arts

One is an interactive piece consisting of a single drop of ink in a suspended Petri dish and a large projection of the same drop. Viewer interaction with the suspended dish is the means of evolution for the animated ink blot.

<description>Kumiko Kushiyama, Tokyo Metropolitan University</description>

Kumiko Kushiyama, Tokyo Metropolitan University

Fur-Fly is a tactile display composed of individual pieces of faux fur that uses sensor-driven computer technology to control the movement of the components in response to the user and to transform the visual effects projected onto the surface. The texture of the display surface encourages interaction.

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<description>Arthur Elsenaar, Nottingham Trent University</description>

Arthur Elsenaar, Nottingham Trent University

Electric Eigen-Portraits and Face Shift are original performances of algorithmic facial choreography exhibited as two video works. These works turn a computer-controlled human face into a medium for kinetic art.

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<description>Xárene Eskandar, UCLA Design | Media Arts, Architecture</description>

Xárene Eskandar, UCLA Design | Media Arts, Architecture

Artifacts from a Parallel Universe is a garment that emulates the breathing of its wearer, and its form is inspired by marine coral. Using sensors and shape-memory alloys embedded in hand-knitted and felted wool, this garment blurs the boundaries between garment, technology, environment, and wearer.

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