Despite its inherently ephemeral nature, this sort of exploration is tremendously appealing to me. Taken to a natural end, the data from this project could inform efforts at maintaining biodiversity, underwater mining, petroleum exploration and all other manner of biokinetics and environmental monitoring.
A temporary installation by the Living Architecture Lab at Columbia University Graduate School of Architecture, Planning and Preservation and Environmental Health Clinic at New York University.
This network of floating interactive tubes houses a range of sensors below water and an array of lights above water. The sensors monitor water quality, presence of fish, and human interest. The lights respond to the sensors and create feedback loops between humans, fish, and their shared ecosystems. Blue lights mean that the dissolved oxygen level is higher now than last week, and red lights mean the reverse. The lower lights turn on when fish are underneath. The upper lights blink when someone is text messaging with the fish.
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