Emergent Systems : Nature and Technology

Posted 13/06/2004 by jaimes

Artist Ken Rinaldo builds complex organic/robotic systems integrating natural elements with technological elements in the pursuit of symbiosis. The result? Robots controlled by fish!

Using laser beams to allow living fish in a tank to steer microprocessor controlled robotic structures, Rinaldo frees the fish from the confines of a static tank. He effectively gives the fish breathing apparatus for the exploration of non-water filled space.

Well documented artworks exploring “living systems, artificial life, interspecies communication and the underlying pattern and beauty inherent in the nature and organization of matter, energy,      and information”

http://www.ylem.org/artists/krinaldo/