RaumZeitPiraten (DE) – Physarum

Digital fungus digests architecture. The growth strategy of the slime mold Physarum polycephalum, half amoeba, half mushroom, is translated into machine language and becomes the germ cell of an immersive, inter-species experiment. The behaviour of this digitized lifeform is influenced by various sensors inviting visitors to become a part of a collective organism. Small analog circuits covering the architecture like lichens, collecting data of environmental conditions and people‘s movements. This data is used in real-time by the physarum to adapt to its surrounding and constantly transform itself, its soundscape and the underlying facade.

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