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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.
| Research Centre | Research Group | Role in Project | Begin Date | End Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ISTAR-Iscte | Digital Living Spaces | Partner | 2014-01-01 | 2017-12-31 |
| DINAMIA'CET-Iscte | Cities and Territories | -- | 2014-01-01 | 2017-12-31 |
| Institution | Country | Role in Project | Begin Date | End Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation (Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation) | Portugal | Partner | 2014-01-01 | 2017-12-31 |
| Vitruvius FABLAB-IUL (FABLAB-IUL) | Portugal | Partner | 2014-01-01 | 2017-12-31 |
| Gulbenkian Science Institute (Gulbenkian Science Institute) | Portugal | Partner | 2014-01-01 | 2017-12-31 |
| Name | Affiliation | Role in Project | Begin Date | End Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alexandra Paio | Professora Associada (DAU); Integrated Researcher (DINAMIA'CET-Iscte); | Global Coordinator | 2014-01-01 | 2017-12-31 |
| Maria João de Oliveira | Integrated Researcher (ISTAR-Iscte); | Researcher | 2014-06-30 | 2017-12-31 |
| Sancho Moura Oliveira | Professor Associado (DCTI); Associate Researcher (IT-Iscte); | Researcher | 2015-01-01 | 2017-12-31 |
| Reference/Code | Funding DOI | Funding Type | Funding Program | Funding Amount (Global) | Funding Amount (Local) | Begin Date | End Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Musical Morphogenesis | -- | Contract | Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian. - -- - Portugal | 1 | 1 | 2014-01-01 | 2017-12-31 |
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