ALEBRIJES
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MUSIC
ARDUINO
INSTALLATION
GENETIC ALGORITHMS
Alebrijes is an installation existing within a natural environment consisting of five small Arduino-based modules called alebrije (after Pedro Linares' brightly colored creatures celebrated in Mexico). Each alebrije contains an array of hardware sensors for experiencing the environment.
Five alebrijes are placed into various outdoor environments. Each alebrijes listens to its environment, feels its temperature, and tracks light then uses this information as the building blocks of its own “DNA strand.” Initially, the alebrijes DNA strand consists of a short composed melody and the DNA is represented through sound as a series of pitches emanating from the module and as colors glowing from inside the module. As time progresses, the melodies and light patterns of the alberijes change as a custom genetic algorithm treats the incoming sensor data like potential DNA for mating. As the microcomputer receives more information it uses it to influence the generation of new DNA strands (melodies and light patterns) creating sound and light that is directly influenced by the surrounding environment including other nearby alebrijes.
Our first installation of the project occurred on April 20th, 2012 at The Guapamacátaro Center for Art and Ecology in Michocán, Mexico.
Code available on GitHub
C
MUSIC
ARDUINO
INSTALLATION
GENETIC ALGORITHMS
Alebrijes is an installation existing within a natural environment consisting of five small Arduino-based modules called alebrije (after Pedro Linares' brightly colored creatures celebrated in Mexico). Each alebrije contains an array of hardware sensors for experiencing the environment.
Five alebrijes are placed into various outdoor environments. Each alebrijes listens to its environment, feels its temperature, and tracks light then uses this information as the building blocks of its own “DNA strand.” Initially, the alebrijes DNA strand consists of a short composed melody and the DNA is represented through sound as a series of pitches emanating from the module and as colors glowing from inside the module. As time progresses, the melodies and light patterns of the alberijes change as a custom genetic algorithm treats the incoming sensor data like potential DNA for mating. As the microcomputer receives more information it uses it to influence the generation of new DNA strands (melodies and light patterns) creating sound and light that is directly influenced by the surrounding environment including other nearby alebrijes.
Our first installation of the project occurred on April 20th, 2012 at The Guapamacátaro Center for Art and Ecology in Michocán, Mexico.
Code available on GitHub