A New Orleans artist has create a bio - art project about the time to come of cities . Artist Allison Kudla create an algorithm that combines urban growth rule with the growth of cadre . Then she used a robot limb to print a agency of it onto 4 ft - by-6 foot canvas using agar , a dwell and grow gel used in biological science experiment . This is just one of the weird science - art projects on video display this weekend at theDesCours festivalin New Orleans . There ’s even an art project about speak to people in other urban center using your butt .
TheEx - Com Couchwill make its first appearance this weekend in New Orleans as part of the DesCours Festival . Similar couches will be place in Sydney and Los Angeles . When someone sits on one of them , the other couches will make a “ signature apparent movement ” to suggest who ’s sit , and on which part of which couch . It ’s the first butt - powered telecommunication apparatus . ( On the left hand , an actual section of the sofa in progress . On the rightfulness , a electronic computer example of what it ’ll look like . Ex - Com stands for “ external communciation , ” natch . )
You ’ll also have a chance to interact with the ReSpore NOLA project . ReSpore started out as a “ practical petri dish ” that simulates the dots of mold that easy cover the wall and cap of artist David Sullivan ’s house and his supporter ’ houses after Katrina . If you gohere , you could see ReSpore wrap up your own webcam epitome with cast . But this weekend , you ’ll be able to see a live initiation .
Also on exhibit : Hover , a canopy that put in solar energy during the day and use it to power fabric cells contain photovoltaics and LEDs , for an off - the - power grid light source . Plus artificial snow , textile art , a mobile photograph booth and more .
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