| fish, plant, rack - 2004 quasi symbiotic environment for machine, fish and hydroponics ‘fish, plant, rack’ allows the navigational electrical discharges of the virtually blind elephant fish ‘gnathonemus petersi’ to instruct the actions of a robot whose task is to monitor the development of plants in a hydroponic system. Using the AI system ‘DharmAi’ designed by Brian Lee Dae Yung, the robot listens to the audible incoming stream of pulses from the fish and interprets emerging patterns and densities of clicks as parameters for actions. Gradually building up a more and more comprehensive understanding of the hidden language within these signals, the robot is able to go about its tasks in a way that is increasingly dictated by the fish. The robot is also free to express its ‘feelings’ about the conditions of the plants and its relationship with the fish through a series of sound and light signals and motions configured to convey excitement, awe, anxiety and disappointment.
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