A new art exhibit has been launched  that uses recycled computers to power an ecosystem. Currently on display at the Museum of Contemporary Art and Design at De La Salle-College of Saint Benilde, the exhibit, Biomodd, combines recycling with art.
Biomodd is built from a network of computers, with excess heat used to control a plant and animal-based ecosystem.

These computers also include game for visitors to play; the more its played, the more the computers are used and, therefore, keep the ecosystem growing.

According to its website, Biomodd is an interactive and collaborative art project that integrates nature and technology. It fuses recycled computers, aquaponics, a rainforest ecosystem, Paete woodcarving, and a videogame based on the mythology of Mariang Makiling. (Not familiar? Learn about those with Insight Guide Philippines.)

“…Biomodd is an interactive and collaborative art project that integrates nature and technology. One of aims of the project is to create an art installation in which different forms of plant life coexist with a fully functioning computer system. This system is built almost entirely from recycled computers, and plant growth is stimulated by the excess heat of the working electronics. Visitors can interact with the art installation by playing a multiplayer computer game that runs on this hybrid system.”

The exhibit is meant to instigate discussion on eco-driven and artistic topics, including computer recycling, contemporary and traditional art, and the environment.

Currently exhibiting at the Museum of Contemporary Art and Design / mcad (College of Saint Benilde), September 1-25

Biomodd will be on display until September 25th. Vermulen may move the project on to Singapore and Brazil. Report and photos by Beth Morrissey

Read more at their website: Biomodd

Image courtesy of Biomodd; see more images of their project here

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