December 24, 2004
Autopoiesis
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Artificial life robotic sculpture installation
Ken Rinaldo's Autopoiesis consists of fifteen robotic sound sculptures that interact with the public and modify their behaviors over time. These behaviors change based on feedback from infrared sensors, the presence of viewers in the exhibition and the communication between each sculpture.
The robotic sculptures talk with each other through a computer network and audible telephone tones. The interactivity engages the viewer/participant who in turn, effects the system's evolution and emergence. This creates a system evolution as well as an overall group sculptural aesthetic.
The robotic sculptures communicate with a musical language that gives the viewer a sense of the emotional state of the robots as they interact. Higher and more rapid tones are associated with fear and the lower, more deliberate tonal sequences with relaxation and play. Other tones give the impression of the sculptures whistling to themselves. (Posted by Régine Debatty)
Posted by Regine at December 24, 2004 01:09 AM
