Bronze-coloured rectangular panel with light bulbs arranged in a swirling wave pattern, mounted against a plain white background.

DRIFT

Proto Nature I

€6,000

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DRIFT channels the collective intelligence of swarming starlings in a new light artwork.

This limited edition is based on Flylight, a site-specific installation inspired by the behaviour of starlings. In the original 2015 work by the Dutch duo, a custom algorithm controls a cluster of hanging glass tubes with lights, changing their movement and brightness depending on where the viewer stands. The piece reveals the ultimate paradox of the swarm: while each bird moves freely, together they create something greater than themselves.

For the artists, this limited edition, crafted in copper and glass, invites collectors to join the swarm itself, each owner becoming an individual part within a larger interconnected network.

DRIFT

3 collaborations

For DRIFT, technology is a form of nature, and nature is a technology. This idea is at the heart of all their projects – which come in many different forms. Sculpture, installation and performance all feature. The duo also collaborate with universities, scientists and programme developers. Flylight (2015) is a prime example of their work. The installation is based on the behaviour of starlings who warn off predators by closing in on them. To mimic this, DRIFT wrote an algorithm for a huge cluster of hanging glass tubes with lights in them. The algorithm changes their movement and brightness depending on where the viewer stands. The viewer becomes the predator. The glass flock dominates the space.

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