Sistema Cinco explores through technology the interdependencies and relationships of microorganisms, opposing nature’s molecular technologies with human-made ones.
It consists of a hacked microscope with robotic components that allow movement and exploration of vectors over microbial samples. The images that are projected live from the microscope are in opposition to the mapping of large terrains with the use of drones, where viewers can find connections and similarities between the microcosms in manners of scale, form and shape.
The microscope is connected to Artificial Intelligence to imagine realities of cybernetic management with algorithmic governance. Control algorithms are inspired by Stafford Beer’s Viable System, a non-hierarchical organization structure envisioned by the nervous system of biological organisms. The Viable System was the heart of the project Cybersyn, used for the management of Chilean state companies during the government of President Salvador Allende, from 1971 to 1973.
PREMIERED AT ARS ELECTRONICA FESTIVAL 2023 (AT).
It consists of a hacked microscope with robotic components that allow movement and exploration of vectors over microbial samples. The images that are projected live from the microscope are in opposition to the mapping of large terrains with the use of drones, where viewers can find connections and similarities between the microcosms in manners of scale, form and shape.
The microscope is connected to Artificial Intelligence to imagine realities of cybernetic management with algorithmic governance. Control algorithms are inspired by Stafford Beer’s Viable System, a non-hierarchical organization structure envisioned by the nervous system of biological organisms. The Viable System was the heart of the project Cybersyn, used for the management of Chilean state companies during the government of President Salvador Allende, from 1971 to 1973.
PREMIERED AT ARS ELECTRONICA FESTIVAL 2023 (AT).
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