Artistic Research on Human Plant Interfaces

Florian Weil – WCOMTC : Synthetic Metamorphosis – Berlin -28.10.2013

Home and apprenticeship

Source: http://www.flickr.com/photos/cfaobam/8172296082/

Bachelor Computer Science in Media

http://www.flickr.com/photos/orangebrompton/4048948543/

R&D Prototype: Radio der Zukunft

Web-App Development

Edutainment Games

Ars Electronica Festival Master Programm Interface Culture

http://www.flickr.com/photos/centralasian/3889394794/

Sense Ware Lecture by Hideakie Ogawa Japanese approach of Experience Design

• Art in daily life – Practice, Entertaining, Beauty

• Mitate – Flexible Translation in „Things“ – Space of imagination

http://www.flickr.com/photos/shok/4951595824/

Crash by Dirk Skreber, Saatchi Gallery – London

http://www.flickr.com/photos/54238124@N00/5998203790/

Generative Art by Mark Knol (www.stroep.nl)

Long Time Exposure Photos of Urban Landscapes by Céline Ramoni

Dynamics of Static Light

Season Patterns

Research on Plants for Designers • Well-being

– Rehabilitation, Relaxing, Beauty, etc.

• Gardening as an connection to… – People, Locations, etc.

• Essential infrastructure for surviving

– Food, Medicine, Protection, etc.

• Main research source:

– People Plant Relationship – Interaction by Design

Travelling Plants

Dream of Flying by Chiara Esposito

Ars Electronica Festival, 2013 – USE AT YOUR OWN RISK

Plant Drone by Stephen Verstraete

Prototype for a New BioMachine by Ivan Henriques

JUREMA ACTION PLANT by Ivan Henriques

Plants & Machines: http://ivanhenriques.com/re-search/naturetechnology/

Hello BioSensing & Biofeedback

For Human Computer Interaction • Touch Interaction • Gestural Interaction

Musical Interfaces

Environmental Design and Installations

Kraft Test Drummie and Robert Plant by Cristian Martínez

From the hills tribute to John Cage by Cristian Martínez

Botanicus Interacticus: by Disney Research Lab

Akousmaflore by scenocosme

Pulsu(m) Plantae by Leslie Garcia

Extending Plants

Biochemistry Biotechnology

Bioinformatics and Genome Research

Bioart

The Cactus Project by Laura Cinti

Let Plants glow! Plant glows when touched by Janet Braam

Glowing Plant (on Kickstarter) by Antony Evans and others

Reflections

• Research on Plants as an Input Channel is pretty well researched

• Use of Biotechnology – Controversy (see discussion about Glowing Plant) – Complicated topics – Special Infrastructure needed

(Bio)ethics

• Experiments with living organisms are ok? • Is a plant an automat?

• Have plants a brain and do they feel pain?

• Influences in our ecosystem?

Back to the Basics!!

• Focusing on the output Channel

• Focusing on Environmental Design

• Focusing on Human – Human Interaction

By Hill Hiroki Kobayashi at Alt.CHI‘09

Dead Drops by Aram Bartholl

Output feedback-channel

A leaf as a speaker

an experiment during a workshop by Hannah Perner-Wilson (Kobakant)

A leaf as a speaker with conductive ink

Proto Pot by Kent Wilson

Motor for kinetic output

Plant(s) for visual feedback

b) Idea of Growable Media Design by Satoshi Kuribayashi, Akira Wakita

Integrating plants and digital media for

Information Visualization

a) Projection Mapping

CAMBODIAN TREES by Clement Briend

Spacemakers by Craig Walsh

Lit Tree by Kimchi and Chips

Growable Media Design by Satoshi Kuribayashi and Akira Wakita

Monitoring • Light • Temperature • Soil (moisture and PH) • Plant size / health

Interventions • Light

• Water / Nutrients • Fertilizer • Poison / weed killer

Plant(s) for visual feedback

Intervene the plant lifecycle

Dialog by Terike Haapoja

Garden of Eden by Thorsten Kiesl, Harald Moser, Timm-Oliver Wilks

Hydroponical Sculptures by Phill Ross

PlantDisplay: Turning houseplants into ambient display by Satoshi Kuribayashi and Akira Wakita

Anatomy of a Landscape by Terike Haapoja

Ongoing Projects

Modular Gardening Framework

Layer Design of the Framework • Monitoring • Communication (Internet of Things) • Nutrient delivery system

• Planned projects: Charisma and Subbotnik Garden

Thank you very much!

Questions?

More information

www.derhess.de

Links and References

• http://kalw.org/post/biohacking-project-glowing-controversy

• http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/751069.stm

• http://www.kobakant.at/DIY/?p=3857