Invasive Frequency

        Considering humans as the invasive species in an environment where the boundary between the visible and invisible dimensions of space no longer exists.

        “Magnetotactic bacteria (MTB) are found in almost all types of aquatic environments. They consist of a nano-sized crystal of a magnetic iron mineral that is enveloped by a lipid bilayer membrane. In cells of almost all MTB, magnetosomes are organized as a well-ordered chain. The magnetosome chain causes the cell to behave like a motile, miniature compass needle where the cell aligns and swims parallel to magnetic field lines.”

        Projection mapping is used to visualize this disturbance in the natural environment. To generate the interaction, we code a script in TouchDesigner that allows clusters of particles to move in relation to a camera that senses human movement in space. Particles are the abstraction of the bacteria moving in the water, their natural movement follow the natural magnetic field. Once humans interact with technology, the particles react, changing their natural flow into new behaviour.