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Cyborg Bloom

2017 · Digital Art Installation

Cyborg Bloom is a cybernetic machine that challenges the illusory boundary between ecology and technology. Temperature, humidity, light, and infrared sensors produce data that determines the LED rings' behavior.

The machine consists of two kinds of feedback mechanisms. First, sunlight, temperature, and moisture decide baseline behaviors. Second, a feedback mechanism exists between LED light and luminosity sensors. When LED pulses, the changing ambient light feeds back to light sensors, adjusting LEDs' behavior. The positive feedback loop between the machines drives the machines to produce emergent behaviors.


Installation in window
Installation detail
Installation at dusk
Technology detail Data visualization

Prototyping the sensor and LED assembly Sensor data visualization
Sketches and iterations Process documentation
Process documentation

Concept collage of the rings scattered through a forest