Cell Farming is a movement and digital art research made in Dock11 AR Residanz 2022.
In the Open Lab, it forms itself as an interactive installation accompanied by 2 performances.
Cellular automata was a landmark discovery, enabling scientists to model and more deeply understand evolving social dynamics. LifeViewer, one of the leading software for simulating cellular automata, allowed these complex, emergent patterns to be viewable in 2D. Our vision extends the concept of LifeViewer: instead of a single pixel replicating on a board, abstract patterns are composed of dance-made traces. The dramaturgical core of this project is the translation of cellular automata into a dance framework. As the cells that colonize space over time are quite literally produced by a human performer, we bring awareness to our sense of agency within our own evolution.
Concept / Research: Maria Pyatkova, Jo Kolski, Georgica J. Pettus
Visual design / Creative tech: Bariş Pekcagliyan, Orhun Caglidil
Curation of Visuals: Orhun Caglidil, Maria Pyatkova, Jo Kolski, Georgica J. Pettus
Dancers of Performances: Orhun Caglidil, Maria Pyatkova
Sound design: Katrine Bregnum
Documentation: Fritz Tsai
The installation was running during the full time of OPEN LAB @ Dock11 15th-18th Jan