ZAP! | INTERACTIVE BIOMIMETIC INSTALLATION
Sound & Media Art (SMART) Lab
ZAP! is an interactive biomimetic installation that reimagines how electric eels live. hunt. and communicate bv creating electromagnetic fields around their bodies, serving as an extended
sense of touch. This work conceptualizes the physical, auditory, and communicative aspects of electrocommunication. bringing them to life in an interactive, large-scale installation.
The installation showcases a real-time simulation of an eel's behavior within the varying environmental conditions the Amazon river basin. It composes this immersive environmont through three spatial layers: the architectural sculpture, the live-generated sound engine, and the spectator interactions that interfere with the autonomous artificial environment.
- Role: Sound Designer and Media Artist
- Developed by SMART Lab (Sound Media Art Lab), University of Michigan, as part of FEAST: Faculty Engineering/Arts Student Teams, Arts Engine
Exhibitions:
- - DMC Video Duderstadt Center, University of Michigan
- (November 2024)
- - Duderstadt Gallery, University of Michigan (November 2024)
- FEAST Exhibition Projects, FEAST: Faculty Engineering/Arts Student Teams, Arts Engine (December 2024)
- SMART Lab (Sound Media Art Lab) is an artistic research lab where students explore the intersection of art, technology, and science to create sound and media art. We use multidisciplinary approach that blends disciplines such as sound design, human-computer interaction, NIME, artistic sonification, and bio-inspired art.
- Faculty Lead: Dr. Zeynep Özcan; Lab Members: Natalia Quintanilla Cabrera (Performing Arts Technology, MA); Ilkyaz Sarimehmetoglu (Architecture, MS); Shoma Sawa (Computer Science, MA): Brooke Steele (Fine Arts. BA): Sabrina Sugg (Environment, BA G MS)