organism: making art with living systems

The idea of making art with living systems is not new; you might even consider a garden or a goldfish pond to be biological art. What is new is the degree of control over biological systems and materials contemporary technology offers us. Topics on the organism weblog include technical, practical, aesthetic, and ethical issues related to making art with living systems. Artists, scientists, engineers, students, and anyone else with an interest in this area are invited to contribute.

November 13, 2008

Carnivorous domestic robots

Filed under: artists & works, exhibitions — regine @ 5:15 pm

Flies and moths are naturally attracted to light. The Lampshade Robot has holes based on the form of the pitcher plant enabling access for the insects but no escape. Eventually they expire and fall into the microbial fuel cell underneath. This generates the electricity to power a series of LEDs located at the bottom of the shade. These are activated when the house lights are turned off.

More Carnivorous Domestic Robots, by Auger-Loizeau and Alex Zivanovic, this way!

The Carnivorous robots are currently on view at LABoral in Gijon (SP) as part of the exhibition Nowhere/Now/Here.

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  1. Interesting art, I guess it creates a problem, what comes first the insect or the light?

    Comment by jay — July 9, 2009 @ 6:29 am

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