{"id":24106,"date":"2023-11-26T20:23:04","date_gmt":"2023-11-26T19:23:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/robinmeier.net\/?p=24106"},"modified":"2026-03-27T18:21:49","modified_gmt":"2026-03-27T17:21:49","slug":"chimera-states-synchronicity-exhibition-at-epfl-switzerland","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/robinmeier.net\/?p=24106","title":{"rendered":"Chimera States: Synchronicity exhibition at EPFL, Switzerland"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Chimera States: Synchronicity\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/KJXrFCzt1dw?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n        <section class=\"post-infos\">\n            <h2 class=\"post-infos__title\">Infos<\/h2>\n            <div class=\"post-infos__columns\">\n                <div class=\"post-infos__col post-infos__col--left\">\n                    <p class=\"post-infos__year\">2023<\/p><p><strong>Robin Meier Wiratunga, Andr\u00e9 Gwerder, Guy Amichay<\/strong><br>Curated by <strong>Anna Wirz-Justice, Marilyne Andersen, Sarah Kenderdine <\/strong>and<strong> Giulia Bini<\/strong><\/p>\n                <\/div>\n                <div class=\"post-infos__col post-infos__col--right\"><p>Produced by <strong>EPFL Pavilions <\/strong>and<strong>Audemars Piguet Art Commission<\/strong><br>Editing: <strong>Mariko Montpetit. <\/strong>Camera: <strong>Nikolai Zheludovich. <\/strong>Sound: <strong>Robin Meier Wiratunga<\/strong><br>Scientific support: <strong>Anchana Thancharoen <\/strong>and <strong>Guy Amichay<\/strong><\/p><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n        <\/section>\n    \n\n\n<p>Inspired by a Steven Strogatz&#8217;s <em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.stevenstrogatz.com\/books\/sync-the-emerging-science-of-spontaneous-order\">SYNC<\/a><\/em>, I conducted an experiment in 2015 to synchronise live fireflies with LEDs in a mangrove forest in Thailand. This resulted in a <a href=\"https:\/\/robinmeier.net\/?p=2279\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"2279\">film<\/a> and an <a href=\"https:\/\/robinmeier.net\/?p=2080\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"2080\">exhibition at Art Basel<\/a> that same year. In turn, a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mccormick.northwestern.edu\/applied-math\/research\/areas\/complex-systems.html\">team of mathematicians<\/a> in Chicago, motivated by this science-inspired artwork, invited me to join them on their research trip to Thailand in 2022, to revisit the same firefly colonies and study, once again, their mysterious synchronising behaviour.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Interestingly, the mathematical models used so far to model and simulate the fireflies hypnotic displays didn&#8217;t quite capture the complexities observed in our footage. So Guy Amichay, Danny Abrams and their collaborators analysed our footage and are now in the process of capturing new spatial data of synchronising fireflies. This will allow them to create new mathematical models, that fit more closely to the behaviour seen in the field. One of these newly described synching behaviours is called a <a href=\"https:\/\/journals.aps.org\/prl\/abstract\/10.1103\/PhysRevLett.93.174102\">Chimera State<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>New recordings and many discussions about biology, mathematics, art and aesthetics led to a new series of works: photographic prints, a <a href=\"http:\/\/robinmeier.net\/?p=24216\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"24216\">16mm film<\/a>, ultrasound recordings and this new multichannel video: <em>Chimera States<\/em>, shown at the EPFL Pavilions in Lausanne, Switzerland during the <a href=\"https:\/\/epfl-pavilions.ch\/exhibitions\/lighten-up\">Lighten Up! Exhibition<\/a> in 2023.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Deconstructing narratives of control and nature-culture divisions, this experiment tries to establish a different kind of communication. Like a brain scan of the mangrove mind, LEDs, computers, and fireflies harmonise as a collective mind to become a new kind of hybrid being. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>In a mangrove forest in Thailand live fireflies (Pteroptyx malaccae) align their synchronous flashes with computer-controlled LEDs. By establishing a light-based form of communication with the insects, the artists influence the rhythmic flashing of large colonies of fireflies. A silent orchestra harmonises without the need for a conductor. With no central control, computers and insects interact in this rhythmic composition of light.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Light is one of the main drivers for circadian rhythms and chronobiology. Nocturnal fireflies use their bioluminescent signal to communicate and create collective displays to attract mates. The underlying mechanisms that give rise to the synchronous patterns found in nature are still largely unknown. 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