COLLECTIVE MORPHOLOGY

Rama Hoetzlein, Media Arts and Technology Program, University of California Santa Barbara

Eunsu Kang, DX-Arts, University of Washington

Collective Morphology

Human collaboration is often very different from other examples of natural collaboration. Unlike humans, the constructions of social insects such as the nests of termites, wasps and ants, may not have an explicit mental goal, but instead result from the localized activities of individual members. Termites deposit pellets, then build columns, and finally connect these columns with arches – all without any concept of the nest as a whole. With Collective Morphology, we reveal an aesthetic, and interactive experience, which allows participants to explore and create emergent forms through direct collaboration.