Musical Morphogenesis
Musical Morphogenesis
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Musical Morphogenesis (2014-2017)

The interactive installation “Musical Morphogenesis” is a multidisciplinary project based on 5 main disciplines: computational biology, music, architecture, robotics, and science communication. The implementation of all components of the installation had to take into consideration the specificities of each discipline, turning this into an extremely challenging project. The main objective of “Musical Morphogenesis” was to take the visitors in a sensorial journey to explore the dynamic interactions of genes and proteins during the development of an organ. Such biological processes are highly complex, and the same set of genes can originate different organs depending on when they are activated. Taking advantage of a mathematical model that address the genetic network of the Arabidopsis thaliana flowers, a team of computational biologists, musicians, architects, engineers and science communicators joined hands to create an installation that could explore the development of flowers. The installation was composed of a robotic wood-made flower, which kinetics reflected the progression of the genetic network, and of an interface to interact with the installation. Visitors could turn on or off one or more genes, and eventually switch the network towards the formation of a different organ originating a mutant. To facilitate the comprehension of the network, each gene had a specific sound.

Parceiros Internos
Centro de Investigação Grupo de Investigação Papel no Projeto Data de Início Data de Fim
ISTAR-IUL Digital Living Spaces Parceiro 2014-01-01 2017-12-31
DINAMIA'CET-Iscte Cidades e Territórios -- 2014-01-01 2017-12-31
Parceiros Externos
Instituição País Papel no Projeto Data de Início Data de Fim
Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation (Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation) Portugal Parceiro 2014-01-01 2017-12-31
Vitruvius FABLAB-IUL (FABLAB-IUL) Portugal Parceiro 2014-01-01 2017-12-31
Gulbenkian Science Institute (Gulbenkian Science Institute) Portugal Parceiro 2014-01-01 2017-12-31
Equipa de Projeto
Nome Afiliação Papel no Projeto Data de Início Data de Fim
Alexandra Paio Professora Auxiliar (DAU); Investigadora Integrada (DINAMIA'CET-Iscte); Coordenadora Global 2014-01-01 2017-12-31
Maria João de Oliveira Investigadora Integrada (ISTAR-IUL); Investigadora 2014-06-30 2017-12-31
Sancho Moura Oliveira Professor Associado (DCTI); Investigador Associado (IT-Iscte); Investigador 2015-01-01 2017-12-31
Financiamentos do Projeto
Código/Referência DOI do Financiamento Tipo de Financiamento Programa de Financiamento Valor Financiado (Global) Valor Financiado (Local) Data de Início Data de Fim
Musical Morphogenesis -- Contrato Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian. - -- - Portugal 1 1 2014-01-01 2017-12-31
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Musical Morphogenesis
2014-01-01
2017-12-31