fractaL
“fractaL” is an exploration of the hidden dynamics of natural environments, that integrates ecology, technology, and the concept of synesthesia. Through soundscapes and visual forms, the project simulates sounds and images of abstract principle of data and make bridges between environmental sensors and the sensory system.
IoT sensors collect environmental data sinthesized in sound and images for sensorial interaction. With fractaL's features it is possible to explore deeply a dataset through sonification and visualization.
The popularization of home computing and the availability of programming languages offered a new perspective to the artistic investigation and experimentation. The aesthetic from these artistic works shows the close relation of ecology, art and technology.
Natural ecosystems provide information to IoT sensors, translated as data and streamed online. Algorithms play a central role in the process adding noise and randomness to represent chaos under extreme conditions. At the end of the process, environmental data is translated in sound and visual forms.
Entropy and Chaos represented through arbitrary and evolving patterns in sound and visuals, symbolizing the increasing disorder in ecosystems due to extreme events.
Unpredictable transitions, changes on speed, and fractal-inspired visuals highlight the nonlinear behavior of ecosystems.