Social Fireflies

Social Firefly, constructed by Jason McDermott, Liam Ryan, and Frank Maguire, is a community of intelligent lights that interact and influence one another by responding to lights made by other lights. More popular lights, which are located closer to other Firefly lights, become highly influential within their community, while more isolated lights have a harder time communicating to their friends. Viewers can also communicate with the Fireflies by shining lights on them. Social Firefly is designed to show users the relationship they have to other creatures that inhabit the Earth.

‘Simple Harmonic Motion’ installation

‘Simple Harmonic Motion’ is an ongoing research and series of projects by Memo Akten, a visual artist, musician and engineer, that explore the complex patterns that are created from multi-layered sound and music. The video is mapped on a cylindrical display made of 5,600 silicon rods, allowing the audience to view from inside and outside. Akten’s visual designs gain inspiration from the rhythmic motions of pendulums.

Les Objets Impossibles – Objet 1 (excerpt) from Abstract Birds on Vimeo.

Les Objets Impossibles

Les Objets Impossibles is a live audiovisual concert by the two visual music artists, Pedro Mari and Natan Sinigaglia aka Abstract Birds. During the performance, each musician of the Ensemble will be analyzed separately in Max-MSP, and the resulting data generates the visuals. Abstract will interact in realtime, controlling several parameters of the piece, as well as directing the camera movements.