rAndom International - Swarm Light, Responsive Light Installation 2010

The 'Swarm Light' is an experimental light installation with a real ‚collective consciousness' that subtly reacts to the viewer's audible presence. The installation is a contemporary example of how the arbitrary boundaries of fine and decorative art, design and utility are no longer of immediate aesthetic relevance. An apparently inanimate object, 'Swarm' unites crucial aspects of rAndom international's continued experimentation with light, behavioural responses and interactive spatial environments.
The viewers' presence creates a soundscape that directly alters the behaviour of the entire environment surrounding 'Swarm Light'. Human presence brings a basic form of artificial intelligence to life. Sounds or movement captured as light and shadow create a type of participatory and performative synæsthesia that culminates in an instinctual perception of the space, rather than a cerebral judgement.
rAndom was founded by Stuart Wood, Flo Ortkrass and Hannes Koch in 2002. The studio was set up to extend the perspective of contemporary practice. Working from the fringes of art, design, science and architecture, rAndom are developing projects and installations that re-interpret the 'cold' nature of digital-based work and emphasise the interaction between the animate (audience) and the inanimate (object), bringing the two into a powerful relationship of performance.
The studio's work has won many awards in the fields art, architecture and design over the past few years. In 2009 their interactive 'Audience' installation received an Honorable Mention at Prix Ars Electronica and the Observer recognized rAndom among the top ten UK designers in 2007. rAndom has won several diverse awards, including: the iF Design award in 2006 and in 2005; the Wallpaper design award, 2006 and the Creative Futures Award, 2005.
More info: http://www.random-international.com/

Category:

Science & Technology

Tags:

• interactive
• art
• design
• responsive
• light
• swarm
• consciousness
• installation
• behaviour

[Thegreyraccoon]

they look like the super-computer in Irobot 

[tedvalentin]

Super-cool!

[MyXMOS]

For more details on how this project was made check out the discussion at: bit.ly / SwarmLight