Tyler Grimes
Fauxtanical
A Mixed Media Interactive Installation
Dracaena trifasciata (snake plant), artificial snake plant, water, bio-data sensors,
display monitors, gardening supplies, installed speakers, cushion.
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This research was presented at the XCoaX conference in Dundee, Scotland, in July 2025.
Please find the full article HERE .
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Grimes, Tyler. (2025). Fauxtanical: Machinic Co-creation with the More-than-less-than-human. In
Proceedings of 13th conference on Computation, Communication, Aesthetics, and X (xCoAx). Dundee,
Scotland, 9-11 July. Pp. 65-79. https://2025.xcoax.org/pdf/grimes.pdf
Faux (noun) : Made in imitation; artificial. Not genuine; fake or false.
Tanical (suffix) : The study or appreciation of.
Fauxtanical : The study and appreciation of the artificial.
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Fauxtanical is an interactive multimedia installation which utilizes physiological data gathered from a real plant, an artificial plant, and a human source to allow for a collaborative interplay between human-machine, non-human, real, and faux - occupying an in-between space between the actual and the virtual. This data is represented via a generative animation appearing on a nearby monitor, while an acousmatic soundscape plays through the cymatic resonance from within a 'liminal boulder' and it's small body of water. In the process, co-occurring feedback loops betwixt both real and faux inquire on the interrelatedness of the entities involved. ​
Documentation
Some moments of interaction.
