INVESTIGATIONS/INSTALLATIONS

Arising from the initial research we performed on the ultrasonic acoustic emissions - and hence possible communication - in plant roots, that materialized in the video-work Dialogue with 02.205, (reference1) we decided to continue this exploration. This now with the overarching goal of creating a form of live installation where the roots acoustic emission will be registered, amplified, down-sampled and played back to an audience so that they can have a physical experience of the possible sonic communication within plants.

The initial studies stem from the relatively new scientific field of bio-acoustics; “the branch of science concerned with sounds produced by or affecting living organisms, especially as relating to communication." (reference2) Research...

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The video-based work 02.205 is done by Christian Brems in collaboration with Laura Beloff and with scientific advice by Frank Veenstra. The work has been produced under the umbrella of Hybrid Matters and exhibited in the Hybrid Matters exhibition at Kunsthall Nikolaj in Copenhagen.

02.205 is an artistic-scientific videowork that investigates, speculates and broadly communicates recent findings in the field of bio-acoustics; “the branch of science concerned with sounds produced by or affecting living organisms, especially as relating to communication. (reference 1)

Here is a short extract of the 7-minute video:

The conversation between the tree and computer is facilitated through novel research in bio-acoustics:

Computer talking to plant: Recent research has shown that plants are...

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The version Fly Printer - Extended is created within the Hybrid Matters project, and also the final development for the Fly Printer - Danish Crown. This on-going project presents my interests into a merger of biology and technology.

Here is the story how it all started with the Fly Printer:

The Fly Printer has been an on-going project since 2014. The concept and the first version of the work was created in collaboration between Laura Beloff and Maria Antonia González Valerio in the summer 2014 within a residency at Cultivamos Cultura that is organized by Marta de Menezes. The first exhibitable version was titled: The Fly Printer; Prototype No. 3. The piece included fruit flies in a spherical habitat, food for them that was mixed with printer inks in cyan, magenta, yellow and black, and...

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-cloned Nordmans fir trees, earth, acrylic, electronics, network, computer, growing lamps - 2016

The Condition installation merges two modes of existence and two different intelligences within non-terrestrial micro-gravity condition. The biologically evolving existence of the cloned fir trees, and artificial intelligence behind the self-organizing rotating system that is fed with data from space weather satellites. It is a speculative model for a future forest consisting of typical Danish Christmas trees.

CREDITS:

• Laura Beloff & Jonas Jørgensen - concept, development, design, hardware, etc.
• Simon Asger Gjerløv-Christensen - software development
• Christian Ravn Brems - overall support in various details and aspects

THANK YOU:

• Jens Iver Find and El Bihrmann from Copenhagen...

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The Condition – cloned Christmas trees

What kind of life forms will survive with us or without us in other kinds of conditions than what we currently have on planet Earth? What kind of conditions and organisms are forming at the intersection of technological and biological evolution and human agency?

The project (in progress) investigates Normann fir Christmas tree as a postnatural organism and exposes it to changing conditions, such as micro gravitation with continuous rotational movement. The underlying idea speculates whether or not Christmas trees can survive in changing environmental conditions; on a different planet, on a polluted place or in an environment that has experienced drastic changes.

In this project the actual tree in question is no longer a natural species, but has...

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