The project “Interactive Swarm Space” (ISS) explores the application of swarm simulations for the creation of interactive and immersive spaces. It aims to develop tools and strategies for establishing meaningful relationships between swarm behavior, interaction, perception, as well as musical and artistic expression.
You will find papers, documentation, videos, tutorials, images and code+applications for download at swarms.cc
The project is realized as a collaboration between the Intitute for Computer Music and Sound Technology of the Zurich University of the Arts ( ICST ) and the Artificial Intelligence Laboratory of the University of Zurich ( AILab ). It is funded by the Swiss National Science Foundation ( SNF, Dore Section ).
Flowspace realizes a swarm simulations based interactive and immersive audiovisual environment. The swarm manifests itself on three different levels: as immediate and tangible visualization on an interactive surface, as a visual rendition on the installations outer boundary and as an immersive three dimensional musical projection. flowspace is an experiment that explores the establishment of relationships between the autonomy and dynamics of an artificial entity, the visitors’ action, perception and awareness and generative forms of artistic and musical expression.
