Fauxtanical
A Mixed Media Interactive Installation, 2024-2025
Dracaena trifasciata (snake plant), artificial snake plant, water, bio-data sensors,
display monitors, gardening supplies, installed speakers, cushion.
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.
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 and the real // rendered. 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 rendered help inquire on the interrelatedness of the entities.
Documentation
Some moments of interaction.
















