Franchise Freedom - a flying sculpture by Studio Drift in partnership with BMW is a performative artwork at the interface between technology, science, and art.
An autonomous flying swarm of 300 Intel® Shooting Star™ drones, Franchise Freedom exposes the tension between individual freedom and safety in numbers. The sacrifice made by the individual subjecting to the group gives off the illusion of freedom, creating a never-ending cycle. It is the first time that a natural phenomenon will be imitated by machines working with decentralized algorithms at this scale.
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Franchise Freedom is premiered at Faena Hotel during Art Basel in Miami Beach 2017 and is represented by Pace Gallery. Music composed and played by Joep Beving.
