Auto-interactive Plant Growing

PR Log (Press Release) – Dec 13, 2008 – In a world dominated by faster and faster digital machinery, it's time to stress the merits of 'slow computing' and the beauty of non-digital visualization. An example of such a change of focus is demonstrated by the 'auto-interactive greenhouse' project, built by Collectief Mei 2007 in Kolderveen, The Netherlands.

A computer-connected greenhouse in the basement of an abandoned cheese factory in the north of The Netherlands hosts 7 plants, each one representing one of the 7 continents. Artificial light and water conditions are controlled for each plant individually. People can support 'their' plant (the one connected to their continent) by visiting the project-website.

The installation transforms the attention for the '3x3' project into controlled water and light supply for each of the plants, based on real-time geographic analysis of website-traffic data. The plants have been growing since the beginning of November. The growth results, and thus the visualization of the reach of the project, will be presented to the public on the 13th of December at the artist-in-residence space of Stichting KiK.

Have a look at the greenhouse webcam today.

http://www.collectiefmei2007.nl/greenhouse

Your continent's plant needs your support!