is an interactive installation of five rolling robotic fish-bowl sculptures designed to explore interspecies and transpecies communication. These sculptures allow Siamese Fighting fish
) to use intelligent hardware and software to move their robotic bowls – under their control. Siamese fighting fish have excellent eyes, allowing them to see great distances outside water. This design uses four infrared sensors around each bowl which allow the fish to move forward and back as well as to turn the bowls. By swimming to the edge of the bowl, the fish activate motorized wheels that move the robots in that direction.
VIDEO DOCUMENTATION: Augmented Fish Reality (08:01), US, in English, color, stereo, DVD, 2008
PHOTO CREDITS: Ken Rinaldo, Augmented Fish Reality, 2004, photo courtesy the artist. © 2004 Ken Rinaldo
