The Naturalis Biodiversity Center creates an Interactive Videowall in evolution

‘Imagination origins’ is an interactive and dynamic project of Dominic Harris, in which visitors from this center of Netherlands participate in the creation of a digital butterflies collection, that grows and transforms into real time, And it is shown in a tactile videowall.

Designed by the London artist Dominic Harris For him Naturalis Biodiversity Center from the Dutch city of Leiden, Imagination origins It is a unique visual project of art, Technology and nature, in which visitors are invited to cook a digital collection of constantly evolving butterflies, that is shown in a High definition Videowall LED, of 8×2,5 metros.

Inspired by the drawings of the children of Charles Darwin in its manuscript of The origin of species, Harris celebrates this Interactive visual work "The wonder and innocence of human expression", in which children and adults can participate and explore the world of butterflies through their own creations.

As Harris explains, “Darwin's evolution theory was about change and adaptation over time; This digital art work reflects it, constantly evolving with each new butterfly drawn by visitors ”.

Visitors contribute by drawing their own butterflies, what They transform and come alive through advanced artificial intelligence and automatic learning, and that become part of a constant growth collection that is exposed on a large interactive screen to measure for the center.

Each butterfly is connected to a digital ecosystem, which allows the digital work to be constantly evolving. Besides, Visitors are not only reflected in the screen their creation, They receive their original drawing with a QR code y, As Harris points out, "Prolong the life of the work with a personal and educational legacy that can be shared in the classroom".

Intelligent learning

For the implementation of this digital art work, The internal team of the AI of the Naturalis Biodiversity Center has collaborated with Harris to combine its Development tools with custom databases To offer an interactive experience to each visitor.

In this sense, They have developed Automatic learning systems To transform visitors' drawings into dynamic and animated butterflies, They use Personalized algorithms To offer a visual harmony of flight trajectories and the arrangement of the colors of these beautiful insects.

This great Videowall Led, in which visitors creations are shown, It also has touch and movement sensors, With real -time updates, so that the user experience with each butterflies creation is as interactive and immersive as possible, "Connecting the natural world and the imagination of each person".

This is what Harris states: “This constantly evolving work of art celebrates how imagination can transform things. Reflects the principles of evolution: Each new contribution transforms the collective work. Through cooking in this living digital ecosystem, Not only do we explore the limits of human creativity, but we also underline the importance of preserving the delicate balance of nature ”.