Stefan Kainbacher. Trialogue: Holobiont Habitat – Chapter 1. Decode

Description

Trialogue: Holobiont Habitat – Chapter 1: Decode is a spatial audiovisual installation about the possibilities and limits of communication between biological and technical actors. At the center of the art space are eight black 19-inch server racks, arranged in a circle like a technological Stonehenge. The racks form the habitat of a hybrid organism in which plants, sensors, computers, artificial intelligence, and audiovisual systems are interconnected. Each rack houses living plants, full-spectrum grow lights, speakers, and various technical components. Network cables, power lines, and hoses of an automated irrigation system connect the individual units into a common cycle. The technical infrastructure remains deliberately visible and becomes part of the spatial composition. The plants are continuously recorded by various sensors. The focus is on measuring bioelectrical signals using Plant-SpikerBox systems, supplemented by environmental and climate data. Four of the experimental stations also have camera systems to visually observe the plants. The collected data is processed by a locally operated multi-agent system. The AI agents analyze electrical activity patterns, image data, and environmental parameters and try to recognize correlations, states, and recurring patterns in the behavior of the plants. The installation stages this process not as a solved problem but as an ongoing attempt at a machine approach to a non-human form of communication. The work is understood as an artistic research setting: the AI does not try to control plants but to understand them. The actual theme of the work is thus less the plant itself than the question of how technical systems generate meaning and what limits exist. Trialogue: Holobiont Habitat – Chapter 1: Decode marks the first part of an ongoing series of works. While this chapter is dedicated to the question of decoding biological signals, future chapters will explore other forms of interaction, translation, and coexistence between human and non-human actors.

Highlights

• Audiovisual installation about communication between biological and technical actors
• Eight server racks form a hybrid habitat
• Interactive measurement of bioelectrical signals and environmental parameters

General Information

The installation "Trialogue: Holobiont Habitat – Chapter 1: Decode" takes place in the Engländerbau art space in Vaduz. It explores the interaction between plants and technology through an innovative system of sensors and AI that processes data in real time.

Location

Städtle 37, 9490 Vaduz, Fürstentum Liechtenstein

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