Synthetic Relations
Working with my partner, Yiran, we constructed two electronic beings capable of percieving some aspects of the environment around them. Using whatever sensors necessary to create their "worldview." Then we need to connect them into a network that would enable them to communicate their findings, and respond to the communications of their counterpart.
Our goal was to create a scared robot, one that could sense our presence, and would get upset without it. Communicating that displeasure with Yiran’s robot.
November 2021
Communication lies at the core of all media. From speech to the written word, from radio to social networks - the core function of media has been to enable and facilitate communication. In this project we take on this radical approach to communication, and try to get to the root of mediated exchange. We examine how data is collected, how it is transformed into information, how it can be encoded, transmitted, and decoded. In the process we encounter the need to build contextualized systems of meaning: systems of representation that maintain internal coherence, but might not make a lot of sense when seen from the outside.
We decided to use a PIR sensor to detect movement.
- It was sensitive for up to 5m.
Success! The PIR sensor detects me.
Now the PIR sensor is reading, the robot needs to do something with that informations. It displays mine and Yiran’s presence/lack of presence.
Find attached the code this runs off