Interactive Installation Simulating Electrical Fish Senses

Ken Goldberg, Pietro Perona, John Bender, Ilan Lobel, Karl Chen: "Infiltrate" preliminary imaging. Image credit: Lorenzo Wang

4.03.03 - "Body Electric," a multi-camera, machine-vision-driven, interactive installation using (weakly) autonomous agents, real-time 3-D graphics and spatialized sound, will debut at UCI on April 13. This installation affords a human user an experience that simulates the active sensing modalities of a weakly electrical fish.

It was created in a collaboration over the last year between UCI New Media Arts layer leader Simon Penny, a faculty member in Electrical and Computer Engineering, and Malcolm McIver, Center for Neuromorphic Systems Engineering at Caltech. This effort involved the collaboration of UCI Information and Computer Science graduate student Jeffrey Ridenour. And thanks also go to Gopi Meenakshisundaram and Renato Pajarola for graphics consulting.

The installation can be experienced at the Neuro Exhibition at the Alyce de Roulet Williamson Gallery, Art Center College of Design, UCI. Five other collaborative projects will also be presented, including work by:

• Bronson
• Goldberg/Perona
• Kersels/Shröder
• Möller
• Steinkamp

The formal exhibition lasts April 15 - June 29, 2003, with an opening reception Sunday, April 13, 4-7 PM. Admission is free.