Interactive Media Art based on Bio-mimesis for the Ecosystem

Abstract

Ecosystem is composed of the considerably diversified living organisms. Those living organisms have their own movements distinctively and individually. Their movements keep evolving through the interaction with environment performed to survive and reproduce. The living organisms also have evolved through optimization process occurring over a long period of time from generation to generation. In studying phenomena or structures appearing in this process, the studies on bio-mimesis are essentially required. Since a research on bio-mimesis is based on an analysis for structures and functions of a living organism, new technological development is required to be promoted with aid of the cutting-edge technologies. A morphology based expansion for ecosystem is under development in a wide variety of fields ranging from Velcro to bio-mimetic robot. There are the studies being conducted focusing on movements of the living organisms as well as structures and functions of their appearances. It can be seen from a recent case study on an analysis of movement of underwater creatures for the purpose of reducing resistance in water or air. This process is also being researched in media art field. In this study, the interactive media art works that were produced by imitating various movements of living organisms occurring at ecosystem are investigated. The aim of this study is to explore characteristics of the interactions presented in those art works.