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Tendril, a permanent installation for Tampa International Airport which emerges from my fascination with representations of ruins that depict nature reabsorbing what was built by humans. The artwork is composed of ribbon-shaped LED screens that coil around the trusses of Airside F’s central space in Tampa International Airport. The artwork evokes the coiling shapes of vines curling around a trellis. The videos screened on the artwork depict a rich variety of native South Florida vines.
Tendril’s video animations suggest vigorous reclamation of territory, shifting from fast invasive gestures to tranquil sequences of species settling into their new home. The native plants are invited into the interior of the airport, thus connecting indoor with outdoor space.
New animations of plant motives can be added through the years, allowing the artist to treat the artwork like a garden, tending to it by planting new content. The content on the screen will not be a looping video. Instead, a computer program generates content for the screen in real time using an algorithm. The algorithm is programmed to randomly decide on the life-cylcle of the depicted plants: speed of growth, how branches fork, density of foliage, color and shape of leaves, etc. The generative artwork thus imitates the complexity and randomness of nature itself.
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Tendril, una instalación permanente en el Aeropuerto Internacional de Tampa que muestra un vídeo generativo inspirado en plantas nativas del sur de Florida.
La obra de arte surge de mi fascinación por la representación de las ruinas que muestran la naturaleza reabsorbiendo aquello que fue construido por el hombre. La pieza está compuesta por pantallas curvadas de LEDs que se enroscan alrededor de las cerchas del espacio central del Airside F en el Aeropuerto Internacional de Tampa, evocando las las enredaderas que se retuercen en torno a un enrejado.
