Inspired by the acrobatic efficiency of flocking birds, the individual light sources are each imbued with a collective behaviour. The swarm behaves autonomously; each light source acts according to its own set of criteria in relation to its neighbours. Random International’s ongoing Swarm Studies explore the intelligence in motion of self-organising systems through increasingly dematerialised, sensory environments. Evolving from this, the piece invites an experience of architecture as something animate and responsively integrated with surrounding natural phenomena and human activity.

For over a decade RANDOM INTERNATIONAL has been exploring this field, through a series of sculptures ranging from architectural installations to more immediate studies. Now RANDOM INTERNATIONAL is directing this body of work into a new focus, experimenting with flocking behaviour at its purest algorithmic form.