Micro-controllers, proximity sensors, shape-memory alloy actuators
Posted by: Christine Golus
I attended SIGGRAPH 2009 in New Orleans a couple of weeks ago along with a few of my Q colleagues. One of my highlights was in the BioLogic: A Natural History of Digital Life gallery. Phillip Beesley’s Hylozoic Soil, a room-sized interactive installation complete with micro-controllers, proximity sensors, and shape-memory alloy actuators, was fascinating. I felt like I was inside a strange beast – part squid, part fish, part plant – a gentle creature with translucent bones, shimmering scales, and wriggling antennae. More on Phillip Beesley. See this video.
SIGGRAPH 2009 Art Papers, Mr. Beesley’s work, and work by other artists included in the BioLogic gallery were published in Leonardo, The Journal of the International Society of the Arts, Sciences and Technology. Q designed and produced this special issue.
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