Cybernetic Plants Have No Need For Sun
Writing by Evan Ackerman on Friday, 23 of May , 2008 at 12:01 am
“Study for Lit from Within,” an art installation by Ryan Wolfe, consists of a bunch of living plants (common horsetail) situated in a dark room. LED lights have been surgically embedded inside the plants, and when they’re turned on, the plants are able to photosynthesize the LED light, keeping themselves alive. Each plant has been programmed to brighten and dim to its own internal sun cycle. All together, the field of plants is supposed to “remind us how modern advances increasingly reconfigure lives while offering an imaginative glimpse of the future of this intertwining.” Er, yeah… They’re cyborg plants, man. No need to try and hype it up any more than that.
You can catch these cybernetic organisms at the Dam, Stuhltrager Gallery in Brooklyn up until June 29th.
[ Ryan Wolfe ] VIA [ Cool Hunting ]
Category: Art
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