Installing Philip Beesley’s Epiphyte Grove
Preparing Philip Beesley’s Epiphyte Grove
“What if buildings around you were alive, and responded to your touch?” Epiphyte Grove is part of Beesley’s Hylozoic series and will be shown at TKM Gråmølna Sep 28 – Oct 28.
META.MORF 2012 –A MATTER OF FEELING.Conference Sep. 28 & 29 @ NOVA
Conference, Sep. 28 & 29, at NOVA. The cosmos is composed of many different species of stardust and despite our advanced, secular knowledge we imagine these primordial substances give rise to a universe, fashioned in our own image. Meta.Morf 2012 is a reflection on a new kind image, which is evolving in a diverse set of arts practices at the start of the twenty-first century. Intriguingly, its portrait of our universe is far more autonomous and sensitive than the one that has historically relied on…
PHILIP BEESLEY [CA]
Epiphyte Grove – Hylozoic series (2011 – 2012) The Hylozoic Ground experimental architecture series developed by architect Philip Beesley has been expanded and refined by researchers, engineers and designers from around the world. It is an immersive, interactive environment that moves and breathes around its viewers, creating an environment that can ‘feel’ and ‘care’. Next-generation artificial intelligence, synthetic biology, and interactive technology create an environment that is nearly alive. This new technology has, according to the London Times, “the power to be the dominant aesthetic of…