Working with the code from Daniel Shiffman’s ‘Flocking’ sketch in Processing, Cyrill Studer and Lazar Jeremic, under direction of Ludwig Zeller, created this visual instrument for creating and controlling organically moving particles with a swarm behaviour.

The swarm behaviour from the original sketch was changed to match the visual style and shape to the music. Trail effect was added and mostly the code was adapted to be controllable with rotary knobs and push buttons – based on the Arduino platform with Firmata applied. The resulting live performance was captured on the video above.
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Academy of Art and Design Basel
Visual Communication Institute / The Basel School of Design

Music: Amon Tobin – Lost&Found