Knowbotic Research

Knowbotic Research is a German-Swiss electronic group. They have done many works in the technological and virtual reality settings. They have worked with robots and computers especially. Most of their works represent the interaction between the real and virtual world.

This picture is from their work called “My Black Cat.” It consists of 30 black balloons filled with helium. They are floating in a space with the help of a small fan. It is interesting because those viewing the piece are able to interact with the balloons. They can hit them or move them. The coolest part of this is that they installed a system that tracks the positions of the balloons and releases a different audio sound as the balloons move. This piece combines the visible and audio worlds.

This is an interesting piece because we are allowed to interact with the piece. The audience can be creative and play with the balloons to change the sounds coming from the self-calibrating audio system.  We can see that this type of art is the kind that represents something. Although that is cool, I am drawn to the intereactivity of the piece. The Knowbotic Research group is known for using really technologically cool pieces.