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* * S p a t i a l*/*I n s t a l l a t i o n s

* * G r a p h i c ..

* * P r o g r a m m i n g .

* * B i o

* * C o n t a c t

* * N e w s

This installation is designed after the idea that plants ‘understand’ and respond to emotional affect. Consisting of twenty tree avatars that are individually comprised by a paper tube  -representing the trunk- and a complex of LEDs and mini-speakers, it attempts to generate relations of a(e)ffect between the garden visitors and the tree avatars. Visitors create a bond with the tree avatars by getting close and talking to them. This symbolic act of affection embodies all the ingredients a tree needs to grow: water, CO2 and temperature, as emitted by the visitor’s exhale in the form of humidity, waste oxygen gas and warmth. These emissions are captured and translated into the avatar’s growth: humidity sensors illuminate the LEDs creating a glowing maze above the trunk that resembles a foliage. Temperature sensors control the warmth of colour of the glowing foliage.  CO2 emission levels control the volume of the trees sonic output.