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Terrarium is an interactive, sonic ecosystem whose source of energy comes from the sounds people make interacting with the work. The sounds of the participants voices come into the world via the sound vents. These sounds are too raw for the environment so they are sucked in by the Seed Spitters who process the sounds to more manageable particles which are then expelled into the environment. These processed sound particles help spawn and sustain life within the ecosystem, providing food for the fish in the water and creating frequency sensitive plants on the land. The voice also triggers changes to the Pattern Bush who adapts the shapes of its leaves to the sounds it hears.

Project Page:
theowatson.com/site_docs/work.php?id=44

Credits:
Emily Gobeille [ zanyparade.com ]
Theodore Watson [ theowatson.com ]

Designed for the Biome show, curated by: Tatiana Arocha [ tatianaarocha.com ]

Made with openFrameworks [ openframeworks.cc ]

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  • Todd vanderlin plus 2 years ago
    Theo this is my favorite piece you have ever done. It's great, so beautiful. It reminds me of Fern Gully but more magical. Nice work Emily and Theo.

    :)
  • Theo Watson plus 2 years ago
    wow thanks! I didn't realize :)

    we have a lot of ideas for a 2.0 version - it was a lot more work than we initially thought so we didn't get everything we wanted in.
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  • roxlu 2 years ago
    Wow! Amazing work!
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  • Carolina Vallejo 2 years ago
    I love this one theo and em! Is it still up on tatiana's gallery? also, its funky forrest up in new york? Zach mentioned it at some point, would love to go with itp friends over there, we referred to it more than once in class with Jared last semester ;)
  • Theo Watson plus 2 years ago
    hey carolina!
    terrarium is not up any more unfortunately but Funky Forest is at the Moomah Cafe ( moomah.com/exhibitions/ ). Its on Hudson st.

    As it is mainly for kids the best thing would be to talk with Kimberly or Tracy and arrange a time for your ITP crew to come by and check it out. But it is there all the time so if you are nearby you should just pop in.
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  • Kyle McDonald plus 2 years ago
    Super fun, totally surreal. I like that the aesthetic is so tight and consistent. It'd be awesome to have a gigantic maze/labyrinth constructed that has different versions of this projected in different hidden spaces... it'd be like walking through a forest, discovering niches (rather than walking in front of one).
  • Theo Watson plus 2 years ago
    hey thanks!
    actually the original idea was that the world was viewable from all these different portals spread around the space. so you got glimpses into these different areas.

    I think we will still try that, maybe for the next version.
    :)
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  • Blake Whitman staff 2 years ago
    want.
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  • zach lieberman plus 2 years ago
    so great !! vanderlin is right on: magical.
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  • Sunny Thaper 2 years ago
    Wow, I want this in my house right now.... please facilitate this for me.
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  • Chen Luo 2 years ago
    Beautiful work! Posted on CGDigg:
    cgdigg.com/story.php?title=terrarium---interactive-installation
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  • jeff clermont 2 years ago
    What's the song used in the video ?
  • Theo Watson plus 2 years ago
    Slow Spines by Chris Clark
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  • PO-MO Inc. plus 1 year ago
    Really great work. Wish I could have seen it in person. :)
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  • Matuus Šun Steff Gaal 1 year ago
    very impressive
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  • astrixstar 1 year ago
    one of the coolest things I've ever seen :)
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