Nicolas Reeves (Canada) / Biography
VOILES / SAILS

The Mascarillons are the first aerobots developed for Sails, meaning Self Assembling Intelligent Lighter-than-air Structures. They are flying cubic automata able to develop collective behaviors and assemblages through swarm-intelligence protocols. Standing at a crossroad between art and science, Sails aims to bring together researchers both in artistic and scientific domains to collaborate toward the production of a robotic environment dedicated to architectural, technological and scientific research, with major potential for multi-media performance.

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DEVOLUTION  VOILES / SAILS  TICKLE SALON  SWARM PAINTINGS  PACO:  POETA AUTOMATICO CALLEJERO ONLINE  AUTOTELEMATIC SPIDER BOTS  E-SPARKS

Louis-Philippe Demers Nicolas Reeves Erwin Driessens / Maria Verstappen  Leonel Moura    Carlos Corpa / Ana Garcia-Serrano Ken Rinaldo Plancton Art Studio: Mauro Annunziato / Piero Pierucci

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CONTENTS

DVD-ROM 1
I. ARTIFICIAL BUT ACTUAL: Artificial Life
II. LIMITS OF MODELING: Evolutionary Design
III. SHINING PROSTHESES: Robotics

DVD-ROM 2
IV. BODY AS TECHNOLOGY: Techno-body Modification
V. MORE THAN A COPY, LESS THAN NOTHINGNESS: Bio and Genetic Engineering
VI. SEMI-LIVING: Tissue and Stem Cells Engineering
VII. POST SCRIPTUM: Re-Coding