Swarm Study XI, 2016

LEDs, brass rods, custom electronics, corian

RANDOM INTERNATIONAL’s ongoing Swarm Studies explore the intelligence in motion of self-organising systems through increasingly dematerialised, sensory environments. Inspired by the acrobatic efficiency of flocking birds, the individual light sources are each imbued with a collective behaviour. Through its movement and behaviour, the swarm appears almost animate, integrating the surrounding phenomena, spatial dynamics and human activity. The latest work in this series, Swarm Study / XI has been developed especially for the space in the Park Hyatt.  For the first time, the swarm lives within a circular formation within this new, site-specific artwork.