Friday, June 20, 2008

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Juliana Rosales - Nature_data


Uruguayan artist Juliana Rosales has a Oboro space to develop their project nature_data, botanical facility where they examined the behavior of native plants in an urban environment. Through a system of sensors (Arduino + Max / MSP + PureData), the system generates data that provide the tiniest modulation of growth or regression of the plants. This information is retrieved by the artist, which results in chart form, images, sounds, videos, allowing lead to see and hear the movements of nature from a different angle. Juliana
to discover a land where nature exploration with artificial skirt, allowing the same way to stress the fragility of nature and experience its ability to withstand shock.
Here, Rosales draws our attention to the subtleties of behavior other plants typical of the region, such as: the wintergreen ( thé des bois), three sheets Creek ( ariséme ) of Mitella, Dogwood ( cornouiller ) and colonies fern, also experimenting with designs and rhythms that are hidden there.
[translation from French. Marcela Zena]

link: http://www.oboro.net/pdf/press/0708/exhibi_event/comm_rosales_fr.pdf