Microworld@Home
Genetic Moo
Summary
At this Computer Arts Society talk, the host introduces Genetic Moo as long-standing associates of the Computer Arts Society, the London Group, and the Lumen Prize, before the artists outline their collaborative practice and the forthcoming Microworld@Home project. Genetic Moo describe how their work draws inspiration from biology, microorganisms, and artificial life, creating interactive digital creatures from manipulated human and synthetic source material that respond to audience behaviour through webcams, microphones, and touch screens. Their signature Microworld installations function as connected digital ecosystems in which individual artworks feed off and react to one another as well as to visitors, encouraging unencumbered, multi-user engagement. They recount previous iterations of the project, including community coding workshops in Bracken, a robust modular installation at Eureka, and a large-scale 355-square-metre exhibition in Saudi Arabia featuring eleven interconnected works. They also announce a two-hour live online performance for the following Saturday at 8 p.m. UK time, presented as a Computer Arts Society social event combining Zoom chat with a YouTube live stream. The talk concludes with a brief question-and-answer session about the technical scale of Microworld installations, with the smallest version typically requiring four computers.
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