Futuresonic

We use electricity all the time, but it's a hidden process contained in plugs and kept behind walls. The garden visualises your electricity usage through the life and death of its plants.

The "garden" is made up of flowers constructed by sculpting and inflating recycled plastic bags connected to a lamp through a current sensor which reads the amount of power being consumed. This value triggers fans which inflate and deflate the garden as a whole. When the lamp is turned off and energy is conserved, the garden thrives and stays inflated; when the lamp is on, the garden is placed in a dying state. The Garden Electric invites you to interact with the garden by turning appliances on and off, allowing electricity to take on a tactile form.

Biography

Megan MacMurray and Angela Pablo are graduates from New York University's Interactive Telecommunications Program and both write for Greensearch. They research, tinker and develop technology, video and environmental solutions.

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