Biosignal_Cradle 生物信號_源地| 裝置
「Cradle」代表生態系之水源，亦象徵著人造的賽博格體再孕育之可能。植物演化初期，無微管束、生存繁衍皆須充沛水分的苔癬，於此作品中作為感知濕度、判斷是否為賽博格體適當生存條件的媒介。當電流通過苔癬所貼附的生物電阻片，電阻訊號即可經由資料庫演算出苔被濕度，而採集生物訊息過程中，電流的震動經放大成似蟲鳴又似鳥叫的窣窣聲，以接近聞聲卻不得見的生命訊息，作為子代正在孕育中的想像。
Biosignal Cradle | Installation
Cradle represents the ecosystem’s water sources and the potential use of cyborgs in reproduction. In the early stages of evolution, before plants had microtubules, moss required an abundance of moisture to survive and propagate. Here, it serves as the humidity metric to ensure a cyborg can survive. When an electric current passes through the bio-resistor attached to the moss, a database algorithm receives the signals and calculates the humidity. While data is being collected, the vibration caused by the electric current makes a noise which resembles insects buzzing and birds tweeting. It thus makes audibly perceivable the invisible process of the next generation’s propagation.
Biosignal_Cradle 生物信號_源地| 裝置
「Cradle」代表生態系之水源，亦象徵著人造的賽博格體再孕育之可能。植物演化初期，無微管束、生存繁衍皆須充沛水分的苔癬，於此作品中作為感知濕度、判斷是否為賽博格體適當生存條件的媒介。當電流通過苔癬所貼附的生物電阻片，電阻訊號即可經由資料庫演算出苔被濕度，而採集生物訊息過程中，電流的震動經放大成似蟲鳴又似鳥叫的窣窣聲，以接近聞聲卻不得見的生命訊息，作為子代正在孕育中的想像。
Biosignal Cradle | Installation
Cradle represents the ecosystem’s water sources and the potential use of cyborgs in reproduction. In the early stages of evolution, before plants had microtubules, moss required an abundance of moisture to survive and propagate. Here, it serves as the humidity metric to ensure a cyborg can survive. When an electric current passes through the bio-resistor attached to the moss, a database algorithm receives the signals and calculates the humidity. While data is being collected, the vibration caused by the electric current makes a noise which resembles insects buzzing and birds tweeting. It thus makes audibly perceivable the invisible process of the next generation’s propagation.
參展藝術家｜Y2K
周巧其、胡悠揚，兩位出生於千禧年數位危機、成長背景迥異的藝術家，於2018年成立Y2K，同年啟動「Biosignal」實驗系列，以科學基礎與計算機運算達成生物似有回饋的擬態等創作慣例，並遵守「傾聽」「增強」「不違反生命欲求」的原則，以權力下放使作品具備主體性。2019年，運用植物向光性和背地性所創作的〈生物訊號_模控〉，受邀參展林茲電子藝術節。2022年開啟「Lichtung」系列，嘗試剖析「能量」於物質、資訊、生物體之間的轉遞與互動，回應兩人對本體存有之疑困。
Y2K is the artist duo of Chou Chiao-chi and Hu You-yang, both born on the cusp of the Y2K digital crisis but who grew up with completely different backgrounds. Together they formed Y2K and launched the experimental series Biosignal in 2018, using science and computing to create forms that mimic biological responses. In their art, they hold to the principles of listening, enhancing, and respecting the desire to live. By putting aside authority, they allow their work to be subjective. In 2019, they applied phototropism and apogeogeotropism in creating Biosignal Cybernation, which was invited to show at Ars Electronica. In 2022, they began their series Lichtung, which dissects the transmission and interaction of energy among matter, information, and organisms as a response to the artists’ questions about being.
參展藝術家｜Y2K
周巧其、胡悠揚，兩位出生於千禧年數位危機、成長背景迥異的藝術家，於2018年成立Y2K，同年啟動「Biosignal」實驗系列，以科學基礎與計算機運算達成生物似有回饋的擬態等創作慣例，並遵守「傾聽」「增強」「不違反生命欲求」的原則，以權力下放使作品具備主體性。2019年，運用植物向光性和背地性所創作的〈生物訊號_模控〉，受邀參展林茲電子藝術節。2022年開啟「Lichtung」系列，嘗試剖析「能量」於物質、資訊、生物體之間的轉遞與互動，回應兩人對本體存有之疑困。
Y2K is the artist duo of Chou Chiao-chi and Hu You-yang, both born on the cusp of the Y2K digital crisis but who grew up with completely different backgrounds. Together they formed Y2K and launched the experimental series Biosignal in 2018, using science and computing to create forms that mimic biological responses. In their art, they hold to the principles of listening, enhancing, and respecting the desire to live. By putting aside authority, they allow their work to be subjective. In 2019, they applied phototropism and apogeogeotropism in creating Biosignal Cybernation, which was invited to show at Ars Electronica. In 2022, they began their series Lichtung, which dissects the transmission and interaction of energy among matter, information, and organisms as a response to the artists’ questions about being.