Ars Electronica Festival · 2013
The Kuramoto Model (1,000 Fireflies)
🏆 Honorary Mention · Prix Ars Electronica 2013
David Allan Rueter's “The Kuramoto Model (1,000 Fireflies)” was honoured with a Honorary Mention at the Prix Ars Electronica 2013, category Interactive Art.
In 2012, Northern Lights.mn commissioned me to build 1,000 custom bike lights to distribute to cyclists attending an outdoor arts festival in Minneapolis, MN. Using radio transceivers and insights gained from complex systems research, these devices synchronized their blinking patterns with other nearby devices…
About David Allan Rueter
David Allan Rueter (US) is currently an MFA candidate in art and technology studies at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago. His work has been exhibited at galleries and festivals across the US, including ISEA and Northern Spark.
Programme information from Prix Ars Electronica Archive. Short excerpt quoted for reference; see the original page for full text, images and credits.