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22/03/2010
10/01/2010
how many antennas in the sea...
I was just having fun trying to calculate how many antennas we would need to create an ocean data mesh network.
Argo floats
Mesh network with diversified nodes
>>>
If I would like to create a global ocean data mesh network, I would like to :
- determine the best long distance data intensive communication technology we should use.
- the energy necessary to each floating antenna-relay.
- calculate the number of floating objects required
- determine roughly the cost of such a technology to be implemented.
I will do the calculation on what I could find on the internet, as a very rough sketch of calculation.
For the example, the antenna I found for WIFI long range are 80km in range (radius), and cost say 3000£, just as example.
To cover up an area of 1000 km2, I need to set up a grid of 25 x 25 80km long range WIFI antennas in the seas.
The antennas signal need to overlap, so I can only exploit a 40km radius (this is why I dont have 12.5 antennas for 1000 km long square).
So I need 25x25, 625 floating antennas to cover up 1000km2 of sea.
So the ratio of antenna needed on 1m2 is 1/1600.
The ocean is ~3.61 x 10E14 m2 (361'000'000'000'000m2)
So to cover the oceans with antennas I will need
~3.61 X 10E14 m2 / 1600 = 225'625'000'000 antennas
Let's say that each antenna is 3000£.
225'625'000'000 x 3000 = 676'875'000'000'000£
We were 6,692,030,277 humans in 2008.
676'875'000'000'000 / 6,692,030,277 = 101'146.43£ / per person to cover the ocean with antennas.
This is too expensive, the environmental impact negatively huge. I blame it on :
- the idea, perhaps a stupid idea, perhaps not.
- the technology efficiency
- the cost of technology
- the lack of money in the world
So my question is : What is the technology that would enable the world population to have an entirely free ocean wireless data mesh network? At what price? How?
It is a technology question at this point.
So anyone : just an advice, of which technology to look into for long distance wireless mesh network would be amazing.
If you know someone who could answer this question I would be very happy to know about.
Please add in the comments below, or send me an email cesar.harada@opensailing.net
Argo floats
Mesh network with diversified nodes
>>>
If I would like to create a global ocean data mesh network, I would like to :
- determine the best long distance data intensive communication technology we should use.
- the energy necessary to each floating antenna-relay.
- calculate the number of floating objects required
- determine roughly the cost of such a technology to be implemented.
I will do the calculation on what I could find on the internet, as a very rough sketch of calculation.
For the example, the antenna I found for WIFI long range are 80km in range (radius), and cost say 3000£, just as example.
To cover up an area of 1000 km2, I need to set up a grid of 25 x 25 80km long range WIFI antennas in the seas.
The antennas signal need to overlap, so I can only exploit a 40km radius (this is why I dont have 12.5 antennas for 1000 km long square).
So I need 25x25, 625 floating antennas to cover up 1000km2 of sea.
So the ratio of antenna needed on 1m2 is 1/1600.
The ocean is ~3.61 x 10E14 m2 (361'000'000'000'000m2)
So to cover the oceans with antennas I will need
~3.61 X 10E14 m2 / 1600 = 225'625'000'000 antennas
Let's say that each antenna is 3000£.
225'625'000'000 x 3000 = 676'875'000'000'000£
We were 6,692,030,277 humans in 2008.
676'875'000'000'000 / 6,692,030,277 = 101'146.43£ / per person to cover the ocean with antennas.
This is too expensive, the environmental impact negatively huge. I blame it on :
- the idea, perhaps a stupid idea, perhaps not.
- the technology efficiency
- the cost of technology
- the lack of money in the world
So my question is : What is the technology that would enable the world population to have an entirely free ocean wireless data mesh network? At what price? How?
It is a technology question at this point.
So anyone : just an advice, of which technology to look into for long distance wireless mesh network would be amazing.
If you know someone who could answer this question I would be very happy to know about.
Please add in the comments below, or send me an email cesar.harada@opensailing.net
Freak Current Takes Gulf Stream to Greenland
http://www.dailykos.com/story/2010/1/6/822520/-Freak-Current-Takes-Gulf-Stream-to-Greenland
Really interesting article on recent currents and how they are affecting the climate.
If you were wondering why it has been really freezing in Europe, the US and Russia - it is not a usual winter...
These regional contrasts in temperature anomalies resulted from a strongly negative phase of the Arctic Oscillation (AO). The AO is a natural pattern of climate variability. It consists of opposing patterns of atmospheric pressure between the polar regions and middle latitudes. The positive phase of the AO exists when pressures are lower than normal over the Arctic, and higher than normal in middle latitude. In the negative phase, the opposite is true; pressures are higher than normal over the Arctic and lower than normal in middle latitudes. The negative and positive phases of the AO set up opposing temperature patterns. With the AO in its negative phase this season, the Arctic is warmer than average, while parts of the middle latitudes are colder than normal. The phase of the AO also affects patterns of precipitation, especially over Europe.
The phase of the AO is described in terms of an index value. In December 2009 the AO index value was -3.41, the most negative value since at least 1950, according to data from the NOAA Climate Prediction Center.
Find out more in the original article : http://www.dailykos.com/story/2010/1/6/822520/-Freak-Current-Takes-Gulf-Stream-to-Greenland
Archive of the article.
Really interesting article on recent currents and how they are affecting the climate.
If you were wondering why it has been really freezing in Europe, the US and Russia - it is not a usual winter...
These regional contrasts in temperature anomalies resulted from a strongly negative phase of the Arctic Oscillation (AO). The AO is a natural pattern of climate variability. It consists of opposing patterns of atmospheric pressure between the polar regions and middle latitudes. The positive phase of the AO exists when pressures are lower than normal over the Arctic, and higher than normal in middle latitude. In the negative phase, the opposite is true; pressures are higher than normal over the Arctic and lower than normal in middle latitudes. The negative and positive phases of the AO set up opposing temperature patterns. With the AO in its negative phase this season, the Arctic is warmer than average, while parts of the middle latitudes are colder than normal. The phase of the AO also affects patterns of precipitation, especially over Europe.
The phase of the AO is described in terms of an index value. In December 2009 the AO index value was -3.41, the most negative value since at least 1950, according to data from the NOAA Climate Prediction Center.
Find out more in the original article : http://www.dailykos.com/story/2010/1/6/822520/-Freak-Current-Takes-Gulf-Stream-to-Greenland
Archive of the article.
14/12/2009
Open_Sailing at the Art & Architecture Association
Information
Monday 06th Jul 2009
6:30pm for 7:00pm
The Gallery, 70 Cowcross Street
London, EC1M 6EJ.
Nearest Tube: Farringdon
Entrance: £6 non-members - £4 members/Students - £2 Student Members
Synopsis
Open_Sailing is an alternative vision of life at sea: pioneering innovative architecture, navigation and sea farming techniques to create a life that’s comfortable, sustainable and safe. This interdisciplinary team are developing a floating architecture: a laboratory for techno-social experiments that evolves like a living organism. Gradually, this project is building towards a voyage across the Atlantic Ocean, from the Azores to Brazil; currents and drift will carry this nomadic structure on its way.
Cesar Harada studied Applied Arts at Ecole Boulle; animation at Ecole Nationale Supérieure des Arts Décoratifs Paris; and industrial design at the ENSCI Les Ateliers Saint-Sabin. He is author of HARADA and Open_Architecture (RCA publication.) and taught at the Ecole Nationale Superieure d'Architecture de Versailles.
Hiromi Ozaki is a programmer and artist. A Maths and Computers graduate of Imperial College, As Sputniko! Hiromi also creates music, performances and films which humorously explore quirky ways in which we engage with technology. Hiromi is the creator and developer of hi-ve, a swarm intelligence-inspired operating system.
Cesar and Hiromi are both researchers in Design Interactions at the Royal College of Art collaborating on Open_Sailing. (www.opensailing.net)
Ruairi Glynn is director of the blog www.interactivearchitecture.org
13/12/2009
Open_Sailing at the MIT
http://techtv.mit.edu/videos/4014-open-sailing-presentation-in-future-craft
Cesar Harada and Hiromi Ozaki have been presenting Open_Sailing at the MIT Media Lab Tangible group the 2009 sept 16.
Here is the lecture :
download video flv (227mb) | wmv (475mb)
And this was our slideshow :
Cesar Harada and Hiromi Ozaki have been presenting Open_Sailing at the MIT Media Lab Tangible group the 2009 sept 16.
Here is the lecture :
download video flv (227mb) | wmv (475mb)
And this was our slideshow :
Open_Sailing in EL PAIS (spanish) 2009 12 12
www.elpais.com/articulo/Tendencias/Buscarse/vida/alta/mar...
www.elpais.com/fotografia/Tendencias/Estacion/internacion...
Buscarse la vida en alta mar
El artista Cesar Harada propone un sistema de viviendas flotantes para mudarse a aguas internacionales | ROBERTA BOSCO - Barcelona - 12/12/2009
"La mejor forma de predecir el futuro es inventarlo". La frase es del ingeniero informático Alan Kay, pero Cesar Harada ha decidido convertirla en su lema e inventar su futuro en alta mar. Harada (Bayona, Francia, 1983) es artista, hijo del escultor japonés Tetsuo Harada y de madre francesa. Vive entre Londres y París, por el momento. Porque, mientras la mayoría de los mortales planea trasladarse al campo o la playa, Harada quiere irse a vivir en aguas internacionales de los océanos.
Por eso ha puesto en marcha Open Sailing (www.opensailing.net). Este proyecto interdisciplinar, abierto y colaborativo explora las posibilidades de la arquitectura marina. "La idea es desarrollar y construir un sistema de viviendas flotantes, que permitan la vida humana de forma totalmente autónoma, sostenible y respetuosa, pero también divertida y agradable" explica Harada.
Este peculiar arquitecto -acompañado por dos colaboradores, Carla Castaño (de Barcelona) y Ollie Palmer (de Londres)- ha presentado en Barcelona Open Sailing, en el marco del encuentro Now solar sobre tecnologías y energías sostenibles, que ha organizado un workshop en el Centro de Cultura Contemporánea de Barcelona (CCCB) en colaboración con la Fundación Terra.
Tras intentar construir un prototipo de vivienda pensado para ocho personas, para evitar los obstáculos burocráticos, Harada ha reducido las dimensiones. Y ahora trabaja en algo parecido a una Estación Internacional Oceánica, más pequeña, pero con los módulos indispensables para vivir, producir energía, cultivar vegetales en jardines flotantes abonados con los desechos orgánicos y criar (o más bien atraer) los peces lanzando plancton en el agua. "Podemos hacer converger los rayos del sol en un determinado perímetro del mar para calentar el agua y crear un hábitat más favorable a los peces", indica Harada.
La Estación Oceánica, prevista para el próximo verano, se basa en una arquitectura instintiva que reacciona como un animal. "Cuando la situación es favorable los módulos se alejan del elemento central, si es peligrosa se reagrupan", explica Harada. Para su diseño se ha inspirado en una medusa con largos tentáculos y una especie de vela que se hincha cuando quiere desplazarse. Y sus viviendas flotantes son un híbrido entre un barco y una plataforma petrolífera (pero mucho más bonitas) que se desplazan gracias al viento y las corrientes. En el proyecto trabajan 40 personas, incluidos científicos.
El proyecto se inició como una estrategia de supervivencia, a partir de la recopilación de un mapa de los miedos en el que todos pueden participar a través de (www.hi-ve.net) con la idea de convertir estos miedos en una fuerza de energía positiva. "Los océanos son los lugares más seguros del planeta", concluye Harada.
Original .pdf download : international-ocean-station.org/download/20091212el-pais_...
Original .txt download : international-ocean-station.org/download/20091212el-pais_...
opensailing.net
Website galery
Website article
Original PDF, print quality
12/12/2009
Microcosmic Aquaculture
<Cesar Harada> 07-2-2009, straight from http://www.thefunctionality.com/blog/2009/7/2/microcosmic-aquaculture.html
[Editors' Note]: For this week's Friday Feature (posted early for the holiday), The Functionality is proud to host "Microcosmic Aquaculture," a speculative project by new design office Bittertang (Michael Loverich + Antonio Torres). The project recently won inclusion as part of [Bracket] magazine's feature on the future of farming, which explores "the modification of infrastructure, urbanisms, architectures, and landscapes toward a privileging of production." We love "Microcosmic Aquaculture" because it is both completely whimsical and completely convincing as a concept that could help increase marine biodiversity and replenish the world's overfished waters. Think of it as a biodegradable fish farm. Or a synthetic reef. Or an edible scuba museum. Or a pile of goo. Either way, it follows on the heels of an (unintentional) theme here at The Functionality over the past month: self-sustaining pods. From Mary Mattingly's water pods to Tomás Saraceno's floating blob, we're embracing the post-apocalyptic condition with gusto...
Gelatinous orb section and detail (courtesy bittertang)[Project statement]: We imagine a future where the vast and deep expanses of the ocean will teem with overabundant floating gelatinous reefs. Human's will be nourished physically and aesthetically by encouraging new floating worlds of reefs that sustain large quantities of harvestable wild and captive fish. Farming in this project is not viewed as a monoculture but the creation of a new ecology where wild and captive wildlife are 'raised' and their aesthetic potential is enjoyed by future divers and fishermen.
Cesar Harada>
[Editors' Note]: For this week's Friday Feature (posted early for the holiday), The Functionality is proud to host "Microcosmic Aquaculture," a speculative project by new design office Bittertang (Michael Loverich + Antonio Torres). The project recently won inclusion as part of [Bracket] magazine's feature on the future of farming, which explores "the modification of infrastructure, urbanisms, architectures, and landscapes toward a privileging of production." We love "Microcosmic Aquaculture" because it is both completely whimsical and completely convincing as a concept that could help increase marine biodiversity and replenish the world's overfished waters. Think of it as a biodegradable fish farm. Or a synthetic reef. Or an edible scuba museum. Or a pile of goo. Either way, it follows on the heels of an (unintentional) theme here at The Functionality over the past month: self-sustaining pods. From Mary Mattingly's water pods to Tomás Saraceno's floating blob, we're embracing the post-apocalyptic condition with gusto...
;)
Gelatinous orb section and detail (courtesy bittertang)[Project statement]: We imagine a future where the vast and deep expanses of the ocean will teem with overabundant floating gelatinous reefs. Human's will be nourished physically and aesthetically by encouraging new floating worlds of reefs that sustain large quantities of harvestable wild and captive fish. Farming in this project is not viewed as a monoculture but the creation of a new ecology where wild and captive wildlife are 'raised' and their aesthetic potential is enjoyed by future divers and fishermen.
By encouraging the establishment of new ecosystems contemporary farmers as well as the public can reap sustenance and aesthetic benefits from environmental stewardship. The ocean is a vast resource that can accommodate more life when the proper conditions are met. These conditions are minimal and new ecologies can flourish around the simplest substrate. In the ocean it is not a matter of making space for life but by making objects that attract life. By combining manufactured products with plant material we will help to define a new bio-engineered aesthetic associated with qualitative benefits that disturbs romantic desires to return to nature and environmentalism. Our ominous orbs will provide the structure from which this aesthetic will arise.
;)
Gelatinous Armada (courtesy bittertang)By encouraging the establishment of new ecosystems contemporary farmers as well as the public can reap sustenance and aesthetic benefits from environmental stewardship. The ocean is a vast resource that can accommodate more life when the proper conditions are met. These conditions are minimal and new ecologies can flourish around the simplest substrate. In the ocean it is not a matter of making space for life but by making objects that attract life. By combining manufactured products with plant material we will help to define a new bio-engineered aesthetic associated with qualitative benefits that disturbs romantic desires to return to nature and environmentalism. Our ominous orbs will provide the structure from which this aesthetic will arise.
;)
Gelatinous orb lifecycle (courtesy bittertang)The advantage of this methodology is that farmed fish are grown within a larger reef system that manages and cleanses the waste and accumulation of typical farms. Large colonies of wild fish and shellfish will be attracted to the new substrate and can be harvested by a farm's owner of may be made available to the public.
These orbs will not only be productive and efficient farms, but the giant spherical reefs will become an aestheticized and living object to be explored by divers and recreational fisherman. Shape and gelatin mixture will produce different living conditions and various reef typologies, no two will be the same. Once set loose in the wild the orbs will literally take on a life of their own, following currents and attracting life wherever they go, possibly even mingling with other spheres of various ages, sharing their ecosystems and giving them away as they collapse and die. In the ocean this growth can happen very quickly within months of being born the orbs will be covered with living material becoming new edible living worlds.
From the fellows at bittertang.
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AV festival, Inspire Northumberland, NaREC Application
http://www.avfestival.co.uk/news/opportunities/av-festival-10-announcement-and-call-for-artists
We have just applied to this competition to develop the Energy_Animal with AV Festival in partnership with Inspire Northumberland and NaREC, the centre of excellence for new and renewable energy technologies in North East England.
pdf 1 Introduction, pdf 2 Full documentation
And now we keep our fingers crossed, because we really wanr to do this.
We have just applied to this competition to develop the Energy_Animal with AV Festival in partnership with Inspire Northumberland and NaREC, the centre of excellence for new and renewable energy technologies in North East England.
pdf 1 Introduction, pdf 2 Full documentation
And now we keep our fingers crossed, because we really wanr to do this.
The aim of the residency is to provide an opportunity for an artist to carry out new research and share ideas in response to the key areas of sustainable energy technology undertaken by NaREC. The residency aims to provide a vibrant environment for an artist to research the relationship between energy, technology and innovation, and enable all the project partners to look at renewable energy technology in a new way.
Human ecologies
Adam Weymouth is joining the project, covering the human ecology aspect "field" sociology.
He's explainign even more in the freshly opened LAB 9. OPEN_POLITICS
Adam proposes to :
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- Documenting the journey - exploring how communtiy builds along the journey, and how people's awareness of each other and of their environment alters. This could be used to emphasise the importance of open sailing in not just sustainable living through good applications of science and resources, but by building a strong community, which is, i believe, at the base of holistic practice.
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- I wrote my Masters dissertation on looking at the links between protest walks and pilgrimage. Looking at the importance of the journey for people, at nomadic lifestyles, and of the spiritual importance of undertaking journeys. This project seems like a great way to extend my research.
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- Developing some sort of outreach programme for the communities that we're passing through - not just in the cities but the villages also. Presumably you'll be passing a huge array of diverse communites - have you thought about how to talk to people about what you're up to/ get them involved and interested? I did an 80 mile walk across London last summer as part of the Climate Caravan - I found it was the best thing I've done to engage with people about issues we wanted to discuss, because we are coming to them, and getting involved in their communites. This seems to be the same, on an even bigger and more visual scale.
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- Exploring ways for us to work as a community on board - modalities of socialising.
Energy_Animal update
So here's an update by Gerard Rallo and Antonio Carvalho Fernandes, nice 3D renders ! Original .3DS file 1 | Original .3DS file 2 | original images
So the Energy_Animal now is more modular, in order to be able to upgrade and maitain it part by part, without having to change the entire thing.
This Energy_Animal is placed on little legs to be usable on land too.
And this fantastic presentation by Antonio Carvalho Fernandes.
Some types of edible algae
Algae are an incredibly nutritious food source and contain a high concentration of amino acids, vitamins and minerals. (According to my algae cooking guide by Éric Coisel, Hijiki algae contain up to 34% minerals, Nori up to 31% proteins) However, since they also contain high levels of iodine, they should not be consumed in very large amounts. Algae do not filter water but simply absorb it, so water quality plays an important role when harvesting or cultivating algae. everyone can harvest algae. Unlike mushrooms, very few of them are dangerously poisonous. When cooking, you can use them as a vegetable (whole) or in dried and ground form as seasoning.
Some type that are commonly eaten:
Wakame (Undaria, brown algae)
Kombu / Kelp / Seekohl (Laminaria)
Meersalat (Ulva, green algae)
Nori / Laver (Porphyra, red algae)
Dulse (Palmaria Palmata, red algae)
If you're living in the city, like me, the easiest way to get algae are Asian specialty supermarkets. I've found one that has several dried types of algae, mostly from Japan and Korea. I find it pretty difficult to distinguish one type from the other, as the size and shapes seem to vary according to how they've been dried and cut up. So far, I have tried
Hijiki
Quite intense, a little bitter and 'mushroomy' when dry - needs to be soaked only 5 minutes in cold water before cooking.
Wakame
Salty and chewy when dry, needs to be soaked 30 minutes... the leaves unfold to become quite broad and greenish. Subtle taste and very very yummy! This will definitely be one of my favorites.
Mixed algae salad
Haven't even started to identify all the different algae in this wild mix. The white, straight strands become see-through and jellyfish-like when soaked. The yellow/white squirly stuff tastes pretty much of nothing but has interesting texture, as does about everything else in here. My verdict: Looks better than it tastes! (Maybe I just need the right dressing)
Nori-Snack
This thin sheet of roasted nori is served as a snack. Nori (supposedly a red algae, why is it so green here?) are what's normally used to wrap sushi... this snack is very tasty, a little bit salty and with the distinct taste of sesame oil. Will this be what we're snacking on in the evenings while watching the sunset?
It seems the sea has a lot to offer in terms of vegetables. There's so much still to discover!
Btw, I made a wonderful dish afterwards: fried ricenoodles with Wakame and Hijiki and some ginger. I forgot to take a photo :(
Next I will try to find out more about freshwater algae and other edible freshwater plants. Stay tuned.
Some type that are commonly eaten:
Wakame (Undaria, brown algae)
Kombu / Kelp / Seekohl (Laminaria)
Meersalat (Ulva, green algae)
Nori / Laver (Porphyra, red algae)
Dulse (Palmaria Palmata, red algae)
If you're living in the city, like me, the easiest way to get algae are Asian specialty supermarkets. I've found one that has several dried types of algae, mostly from Japan and Korea. I find it pretty difficult to distinguish one type from the other, as the size and shapes seem to vary according to how they've been dried and cut up. So far, I have tried
Hijiki
Quite intense, a little bitter and 'mushroomy' when dry - needs to be soaked only 5 minutes in cold water before cooking.
Wakame
Salty and chewy when dry, needs to be soaked 30 minutes... the leaves unfold to become quite broad and greenish. Subtle taste and very very yummy! This will definitely be one of my favorites.
Mixed algae salad
Haven't even started to identify all the different algae in this wild mix. The white, straight strands become see-through and jellyfish-like when soaked. The yellow/white squirly stuff tastes pretty much of nothing but has interesting texture, as does about everything else in here. My verdict: Looks better than it tastes! (Maybe I just need the right dressing)
Nori-Snack
This thin sheet of roasted nori is served as a snack. Nori (supposedly a red algae, why is it so green here?) are what's normally used to wrap sushi... this snack is very tasty, a little bit salty and with the distinct taste of sesame oil. Will this be what we're snacking on in the evenings while watching the sunset?
It seems the sea has a lot to offer in terms of vegetables. There's so much still to discover!
Btw, I made a wonderful dish afterwards: fried ricenoodles with Wakame and Hijiki and some ginger. I forgot to take a photo :(
Next I will try to find out more about freshwater algae and other edible freshwater plants. Stay tuned.
O_S at the V2_ Test_Lab: What Crisis?!
We have been invited to present Open_Sailing, the 9th July 2009, at the V2_ the institute for unstable media, Rotterdam, Netherland, it is very very exciting, powerpoint forbidden ! >>
http://www.v2.nl/events/test_lab-what-crisis
the event is going to be streamed and archived here ! http://live.v2.nl/
Download the flyer : .pdf 5.7 mb
see on vimeo | download the .mov high-quality (302mb) | WMV medium (182mb) |
In this edition of Test_Lab, V2_ will create its own special think tank for young artists to address issues of a world in crisis with artistic reflection and creative vision, laying out a young generation’s artistic view on our current conditions and ways of living.
Featuring: David Hahlbrock (DE) Academy of Media Arts Cologne, Cesar Harada (FR/JP), Dot Mancando (TH),Thomas Thwaites (UK) Royal College of Art, Sander Veenhof (NL) Gerrit Rietveld Academy.
Opening: Mieke Gerritzen
Respondent: Koert van Mensvoort
Performance: TokTek vs VJ MNK
Newspaper headlines report that our world is in crisis, but while the front page illustrates how bad the global situation is, a few pages down, positive tongues claim that the current global crisis provides us with unprecedented opportunities for creative technological innovation, social transformation, revisions of financial systems, environmental change, and entrepreneurship. But did we really need this crisis to generate these opportunities?! We think not. Our world is continuously in crisis, and therefore constantly requires critical reflection and rethinking. However, as the world’s future is said to be in the hands of the truly creative and critical thinkers, we are more than willing to soothe away any worries about the crisis by revealing a whole new generation of artists’ and designers’ views on the current state of affairs.
While elsewhere the crisis is being tackled by young scientists, policy makers, and entrepreneurs, through initiatives such as think tanks and campaigns, in this edition of Test_Lab, V2_ will create its own special think tank for young artists to address issues of a world in crisis with artistic reflection and creative vision. In order to do so, V2_ has made a selection of several outstanding graduation projects from this past academic year, that were proposed for the program by teachers and coordinators from various European art and design academies. The demonstrated works will lay out a young generation’s artistic view on our current conditions and ways of living: Featuring a truly objective coin-flipper, a revolutionary strategy for urban gardening, the first ever open source international ocean station, toast from a toaster made from scratch, and an interactively controlled greenhouse for growing graduation bouquets.
As is custom to Test_Lab, the audience is invited to assess these young artists’ reflections by testing the demonstrated artworks and designs themselves. So prepare for an evening of trying thought provoking electronic art and design that deals with urgent (and less urgent) aspects of a world in crisis. If after this any worries about the crises should remain, then TokTek vs. VJ MNK will soothe your cares away by performing live at Test_Lab: What Crisis?!
This event will be streamed live at http://www.v2.nl
http://www.v2.nl/events/test_lab-what-crisis
the event is going to be streamed and archived here ! http://live.v2.nl/
Download the flyer : .pdf 5.7 mb
see on vimeo | download the .mov high-quality (302mb) | WMV medium (182mb) |
In this edition of Test_Lab, V2_ will create its own special think tank for young artists to address issues of a world in crisis with artistic reflection and creative vision, laying out a young generation’s artistic view on our current conditions and ways of living.
Featuring: David Hahlbrock (DE) Academy of Media Arts Cologne, Cesar Harada (FR/JP), Dot Mancando (TH),Thomas Thwaites (UK) Royal College of Art, Sander Veenhof (NL) Gerrit Rietveld Academy.
Opening: Mieke Gerritzen
Respondent: Koert van Mensvoort
Performance: TokTek vs VJ MNK
Newspaper headlines report that our world is in crisis, but while the front page illustrates how bad the global situation is, a few pages down, positive tongues claim that the current global crisis provides us with unprecedented opportunities for creative technological innovation, social transformation, revisions of financial systems, environmental change, and entrepreneurship. But did we really need this crisis to generate these opportunities?! We think not. Our world is continuously in crisis, and therefore constantly requires critical reflection and rethinking. However, as the world’s future is said to be in the hands of the truly creative and critical thinkers, we are more than willing to soothe away any worries about the crisis by revealing a whole new generation of artists’ and designers’ views on the current state of affairs.
While elsewhere the crisis is being tackled by young scientists, policy makers, and entrepreneurs, through initiatives such as think tanks and campaigns, in this edition of Test_Lab, V2_ will create its own special think tank for young artists to address issues of a world in crisis with artistic reflection and creative vision. In order to do so, V2_ has made a selection of several outstanding graduation projects from this past academic year, that were proposed for the program by teachers and coordinators from various European art and design academies. The demonstrated works will lay out a young generation’s artistic view on our current conditions and ways of living: Featuring a truly objective coin-flipper, a revolutionary strategy for urban gardening, the first ever open source international ocean station, toast from a toaster made from scratch, and an interactively controlled greenhouse for growing graduation bouquets.
As is custom to Test_Lab, the audience is invited to assess these young artists’ reflections by testing the demonstrated artworks and designs themselves. So prepare for an evening of trying thought provoking electronic art and design that deals with urgent (and less urgent) aspects of a world in crisis. If after this any worries about the crises should remain, then TokTek vs. VJ MNK will soothe your cares away by performing live at Test_Lab: What Crisis?!
This event will be streamed live at http://www.v2.nl
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<Matthieu Sales>
Goals
to create a relationship between Open sailing and the float ecosystem
to make the open sailing autonomic
to Reduce ecologic impact of open sailing project
Our system is based on plankton primary production. In fact plankton (like all photosynthetic organisms) does convert solar energy to chemical energy which we can at first use for food. But there are some other ways to use this energy, like compost warming or bio-fuel.
The cycle of element is composed by several stages :
Plankton Laboratory : For stocking and for growing plankton stumps (plankton library) for inseminate Biomass production module (BPM) and bio-reactor. This library have to be as large as possible, and to represent several biomes and ecosystems. and in this way we could initiate a large scale of different ecosystems (hot or cold, ocean or river, etc..).
Culturs of plankton need two weeks to be mature.
This library could be extend with captures in environment.
Biomass Production Module (BPM) : well, all about it was already very good explained by benjamin in a other post.
Bioreactor :
it may be probably difficult to realize this stage for the Danube prototype, but in fact with a bio reactor which is based on intensive plankton growing system, we should be able to produce O2 and oil. The oil can be used as a Bio fuel.
Compost :
it is a very critic and important stage in all ecosystem. It is the mineralization of wastes, giving CO2, nitrates, phosphate, in order to these elements could be assimilated by plants, It is very important to fertilized primary production (plants, alga, plankton, etc...). This mineralization is realized by a lot of organisms. because that compost is the longest stages, the turn over of elements depend of decomposition duration.
This cycle of element is very important too to reduce the ecologic impact of opensailing. If this system is efficient, we will create biomass by capture of CO2, and open sailing will become a carbon well (or be a exemple), and participate to reduce global warming.
Goals
to create a relationship between Open sailing and the float ecosystem
to make the open sailing autonomic
to Reduce ecologic impact of open sailing project
Our system is based on plankton primary production. In fact plankton (like all photosynthetic organisms) does convert solar energy to chemical energy which we can at first use for food. But there are some other ways to use this energy, like compost warming or bio-fuel.
The cycle of element is composed by several stages :
Plankton Laboratory : For stocking and for growing plankton stumps (plankton library) for inseminate Biomass production module (BPM) and bio-reactor. This library have to be as large as possible, and to represent several biomes and ecosystems. and in this way we could initiate a large scale of different ecosystems (hot or cold, ocean or river, etc..).
Culturs of plankton need two weeks to be mature.
This library could be extend with captures in environment.
Biomass Production Module (BPM) : well, all about it was already very good explained by benjamin in a other post.
Bioreactor :
it may be probably difficult to realize this stage for the Danube prototype, but in fact with a bio reactor which is based on intensive plankton growing system, we should be able to produce O2 and oil. The oil can be used as a Bio fuel.Compost :
it is a very critic and important stage in all ecosystem. It is the mineralization of wastes, giving CO2, nitrates, phosphate, in order to these elements could be assimilated by plants, It is very important to fertilized primary production (plants, alga, plankton, etc...). This mineralization is realized by a lot of organisms. because that compost is the longest stages, the turn over of elements depend of decomposition duration.
This cycle of element is very important too to reduce the ecologic impact of opensailing. If this system is efficient, we will create biomass by capture of CO2, and open sailing will become a carbon well (or be a exemple), and participate to reduce global warming.
New drawings for the Biomass Production Module
this is a new version of the biomass production module, more simple but more efficient , and more adapted to the danube
this structure is very flexible (wire netting), and only the surface is solid
Debriefing about the nomadic ecosystem
The nomadic ecosystem
What?
the project "opensailing" is divided between different labs.The Nomadic Ecosystem is a very important part of this adventure, because this is a major link between the scientific studies (international oceanic station) and the self-sufficiency of the team.
In this way, we imagined a biomass production module (BPM), independent from the main platform, but directly in relation to it, following the concept of instinctive architecture.
Why?
There are three major interests in the development of this part of the project
1-Culture of phytoplankton
the BPM is a conductive environment for recuperation of phytoplankton with a view to analyze :
- CO2 capture (CO2 sinks)
- energy production (biofuel)
the advantage of a nomadic structure is that it will be possible to compare different species of plankton, and to optimize the result of it.
Finally a real library of phytoplankton will be created and will be a strong base for biologic and ecologic researches.
2-Creation of an ecosystem
Creation of an ecosystem is a very great idea, but objectively, it is a really difficult task. Everybody will agree, reproducing the amazing work of nature is almost impossible when the limit of this experience is time.
however phytoplankton is the basis of the whole aquatic ecosystem, it is bait for other animals, and the design and the configuration of this module will create a refuge for living species.
this space will be, in the short term, an ecosystem model.
3-Food production
This tiny ecosystem will be a wonderful area for fishing for aquatic animals, and little fish, and these ones will be bait for the bigger fish that constitute an important input of animal proteins in the team's nutrition.
in parallel, on the opensailing platform, a basic laboratory must be developed for :
-producing an intensive culture of stump
-controlling these stumps separately (library)
-testing a bioreactor for energy and CO2 capture
references :
books
Aquaculture, references(editions synthese agricole)
Chimie de l eau de mer, Gerard Copin-Montegut (institut oceanographique)
web
http://www.oceano.org/io/spip.php?rubrique3
What?
the project "opensailing" is divided between different labs.The Nomadic Ecosystem is a very important part of this adventure, because this is a major link between the scientific studies (international oceanic station) and the self-sufficiency of the team.
In this way, we imagined a biomass production module (BPM), independent from the main platform, but directly in relation to it, following the concept of instinctive architecture.
Why?
There are three major interests in the development of this part of the project
1-Culture of phytoplankton
the BPM is a conductive environment for recuperation of phytoplankton with a view to analyze :
- CO2 capture (CO2 sinks)
- energy production (biofuel)
the advantage of a nomadic structure is that it will be possible to compare different species of plankton, and to optimize the result of it.
Finally a real library of phytoplankton will be created and will be a strong base for biologic and ecologic researches.
2-Creation of an ecosystem
Creation of an ecosystem is a very great idea, but objectively, it is a really difficult task. Everybody will agree, reproducing the amazing work of nature is almost impossible when the limit of this experience is time.
however phytoplankton is the basis of the whole aquatic ecosystem, it is bait for other animals, and the design and the configuration of this module will create a refuge for living species.
this space will be, in the short term, an ecosystem model.
3-Food production
This tiny ecosystem will be a wonderful area for fishing for aquatic animals, and little fish, and these ones will be bait for the bigger fish that constitute an important input of animal proteins in the team's nutrition.
in parallel, on the opensailing platform, a basic laboratory must be developed for :
-producing an intensive culture of stump
-controlling these stumps separately (library)
-testing a bioreactor for energy and CO2 capture
references :
books
Aquaculture, references(editions synthese agricole)
Chimie de l eau de mer, Gerard Copin-Montegut (institut oceanographique)
web
http://www.oceano.org/io/spip.php?rubrique3
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