Golden Solution developed ‘Shower Party’ for the 2014 Nextwave festival in Melbourne. Partygoers and a goldfish were combined into a symbiotic ecosystem, where drinks consumed by patrons drained the fishes tank by an equal amount. Meanwhile the movement of the fish distorted the sound track heard by party goers. Over three hours, an exploration of the tragedy of the commons unfolded. Would party goers destroy the fishes environment for their own personal inebriation?
I developed software for drink dispensing, fish detecting and tank draining. When networked together, these components formed a simulated ecosystem.
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Source Code:
- https://github.com/cfreeman/fishparty_detector
- https://github.com/cfreeman/fishparty_dispenser
- https://github.com/cfreeman/fishparty_tank
Credits:
- Artists: Golden Solution is Micheal Candy, Kiah Reading and Andrew McLellan.
- Photo: Meagan Streader
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