Wind on Wind / Water on Water - Denver Botanic Gardens: Digital Nature

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Date: 
10/09/2008

The Digital Nature show sought to showcase the work of artists working in digital media, incorporating elements from the natural world via process, subject, aesthetics, or interactivity. Curated by Rachel Murray of the Denver Botanic Gardens and housed in the York Street Pavillion, the show incorporated interactive installation art, and live performances.
I had two interactive works selected, Wind on Wind and Water on Water. Each of the pieces were explorations of the metaphor of natural movement as subtle form of interspecies communication.
Sensors were suspended from tree branches and submerged under a waterfall, translating the motion of wind and water into malleable data which served to modulate video imagery projected in real time back onto the tree branches and waterfall.
More photos here. Wind on Wind statement here. Water on Water statement here.