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Carlos Castellanos Awarded Residency at Asia Cultural Center in South Korea

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Carlos Castellanos, Assistant Professor in the Department of Art’s Digital/Experimental Media Program has been awarded a residency at the Asia Cultural Center in Gwangju, South Korea. Done in partnership with the International Symposium on Electronic Art (ISEA2019), the global residency program for media artists addresses the theme of ISEA2019: Lux Aeterna (Eternal Light), along with its four sub-themes: Aeternitas, Symphonia, Illuminatio, and Penumbra.

The residency will focus on the development of a human-plant communication system. Along with artist and former DX Media student Bello Bello, Castellanos will build a system that measures the photosynthetic and bioelectrical activity from an array of plant microbial fuel cells (P-MFCs) and translate the data into light and sound patterns using machine learning. Bioelectricity, light, sound, CO2, photosynthesis and computational intelligence form a circuit that enhances informational linkages between human, plant, bacteria and the physical environment, enabling a mode of interaction that is experienced not just as a technologically-enabled act of translation but as an embodied flow of information. The research will culminate in a public demonstration and exhibition during the week of the festival (June 22-28).

Relevant links:
ISEA2019
Asia CulturalCenter
K-State, Department of Art
DX Media Lab

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Carlos Castellanos Awarded Research Fellowship at Colombian University

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Carlos Castellanos, Assistant Professor in the Department of Art’s Digital/Experimental Media Program has been awarded a Research Design + Creation Fellowship at the Universidad de Caldas in Manizales, Colombia as part of the 23rd International Symposium on Electronic Art (ISEA2017).

The research will focus on the use of sound to investigate the bioelectric and behavioral patterns of microorganisms. Castellanos will take up residency at the university and will work with students to design and build a hybrid biological-electronic system wherein variations in electrical potential from an array of microbial fuel cells are translated into rhythmic, amplitude and frequency modulations in modular electronic and software-based sound synthesizers. The research combines renewable energy technology, machine learning, sound and and public engagement and will culminate in a public demonstration and exhibition/performance during the week of the festival (June 11-18).

Universidad de Caldas
ISEA2017

Relevant links:
http://isea2017.isea-international.org/
http://www.ucaldas.edu.co/
http://art.ksu.edu
http://dxmedialab.org

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DX Media Lab at ISEA 2015

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The DX Media Lab will be well-represented at the prestigious International Symposium on Electronic Art (ISEA). Happening in Vancouver, BC this year, the symposium features interactive art exhibits, academic talks, workshops and more. DX Media Lab co-director Carlos Castellanos and his group DPrime Research will exhibit Mobile Bioenergy Lab (as part of the Oscillations exhibition) and run a workshop on constructing microbial fuel cells. Professor Castellanos and fellow DX Media Lab co-diretor Matt Garcia will also take part in a panel dicsussion on art, ecology and nonhuman systems. Hope to see you there!