New Nature
Inspired by biology, ecology, and the underlying mathematics of the natural world, New Nature is an ever-unfolding digital world of speculative creatures and landscapes.
Individual artworks explore the intersection of rigid technologies and delicate, fluid behaviors; designed to mimic nature, the organisms in New Nature demonstrate lifelike behaviors in alien, yet strangely familiar forms.
They also react to sensory inputs from their audience — touch, approach, transit, signaled via designated iOS and Android mobile app and Kinect and Leap Motion sensors — and respond with an intelligent playfulness.
Powered by audience interaction and a variety of algorithms, complex behaviors emerge and compose an immersive series of environments in perpetual motion and flux.
New Nature is an ongoing series and encompasses multiple individual pieces created by the studio.
The full exhibition comprised four rooms, surround projections, LED structures, responsive floors and 13 interactive terrarium stations.
New Nature was installed at ARTECHOUSE in Washington, DC, from October 2018 - January 2019.
