Intra-binary
Ongoing ProjectWith support from the Iceland Visual Arts Fund & Dr. Cecilia Koo Botanic Conservation Center (KBCC)
The project ”Inter-binary” is a hybrid bio-device driven by remote bi-informatic linkage. This device captures the real-time feedback of moss plants in Iceland and Taiwan to sunlight, transcending individual entities and space-time to create a unique ecological worldview within the exhibition space.
Iceland, close to the Arctic Circle with its lava-formed primal landscapes, and Taiwan, situated in the subtropics with complex terrain due to high altitudes, are both known as "kingdoms of moss," containing the majority of the world's known moss species.
With support from the Dr. Cecilia Koo Botanic Conservation Center (KBCC), the team extended their long-term research on the photoreception of moss plants, allowing the multi-dimensional environmental models perceived by individual plants to intersect with each other. In the Intra-binary project, the team will set up collection stations in the moss fields of Iceland and Taiwan, gathering environmental data on how the local moss perceives sunlight. This data is transmitted in real-time to the indoor exhibition space.
In the indoor exhibition space, the mosses from Iceland and Taiwan control lens-equipped light-emitting devices, projecting the sunlight trajectories created by their remote communities onto curved roofs and walls. These trajectories form a shared ecological worldview. Simultaneously, biological signals are used to create a soundscape from a living perspective within the exhibition space. This project not only presents a new perspective on ecological participation in the digital age but also reflects the close interconnection and cosmology of global ecosystems, even when separated by thousands of miles.
Iceland, close to the Arctic Circle with its lava-formed primal landscapes, and Taiwan, situated in the subtropics with complex terrain due to high altitudes, are both known as "kingdoms of moss," containing the majority of the world's known moss species.
With support from the Dr. Cecilia Koo Botanic Conservation Center (KBCC), the team extended their long-term research on the photoreception of moss plants, allowing the multi-dimensional environmental models perceived by individual plants to intersect with each other. In the Intra-binary project, the team will set up collection stations in the moss fields of Iceland and Taiwan, gathering environmental data on how the local moss perceives sunlight. This data is transmitted in real-time to the indoor exhibition space.
In the indoor exhibition space, the mosses from Iceland and Taiwan control lens-equipped light-emitting devices, projecting the sunlight trajectories created by their remote communities onto curved roofs and walls. These trajectories form a shared ecological worldview. Simultaneously, biological signals are used to create a soundscape from a living perspective within the exhibition space. This project not only presents a new perspective on ecological participation in the digital age but also reflects the close interconnection and cosmology of global ecosystems, even when separated by thousands of miles.