PROJECT

Rorschach Garden

An interactive program and video installation that responds to the behavior of viewers.

Instructions for Visitors

One person at a time in the observatory, the Rorschach Garden will not interact with groups. Do not touch the sensors on the wall or floor. Be aware, behavior of the Garden is unpredictable and it may not engage with you.

About the Observatory

The Garden is displayed by 8K projection and the observatory is equipped with speakers, infrared sensors, and a 12K camera-net allowing the Garden to perceive temperature and movement. It has not been given a sound sensor, though it does write a continuous audio file which is reproduced for visitors. When denied writable disc space the Garden hibernates, so, as to maintain accessibility for the public, it is allowed a quarantined drive bank; it has been known to record up to 9.7 terabytes of data per minute during interactions with certain visitors – regrettably, a key for its type of encryption has not been identified. Pursuant to Federal and State statutes, its TCP/IP code-chain has been severed so it cannot communicate electronically outside of its enclosure.

About the Independent Program Formation (IPF)

This IPF was discovered in 2030 occupying the CPU of an automated teller machine in the lower concourse of Manhattan’s Penn Station train terminal. After its capture, an audit of its code-chain revealed sequences from several behavioral algorithms associated with consumer habit-mining operations, a variation of the AMAZON/Raytheon Scyllarus™ facial recognition architecture, and a hybridized Unity VI-Timedown™ graphics framework. Most notably, an abstract artificial intelligence similar to the Tianjin Biotec module (a proprietary AI specialized in mycorrhizal cartography) was discovered among its novel code clusters – it is not currently understood how this specific language informs the IPF’s code biology.

Harris Deikette Group acquired the IPF at Sotheby’s 3rd Digital-Preserve Auction. It is on generous loan by HDG, which has, since 2035, kept the Garden on display in their Seattle branch corporate headquarters.

Edition 1/1

MEDIUM Framed HD Video Projection, Site Specific Sensor & Camera Installation, Interactive Programming, Animation, Audio /Video Design

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