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2007 Rockefeller New Media Foundation Proposal

Author
Bachrach, Jonathan
Abstract
The development of a series of biologically inspired sculptural substrates, a generative
programming language, called Proto, for describing motion, and a series of art pieces
implementing movement concepts described in Proto and realized on the sculptural substrates.
Each biologically inspired substrate involves an ecology of elements intertwined in a sustainable
relationship, exhibiting a high degree of freedom grace, and able to execute distributed
sensor/motor programs. The Proto language provides a formal and executable description of
space-time behaviors with gross movements being described intuitively at a very high level and
translated into distributed sensor/motor programs on individual parts. The language and substrate
together allow the creation of a range of sculptural forms and motions unachievable to date.
Concepts and themes from choreography, sociology, intimacy, and biology will be explored.
Date Issued
2009-03-27Subject
robotics; kinetic sculpture; installation; choreography; Proto; gooze; jackbackrack; artificial life; artificial intelligence