{"id":38,"date":"2009-03-03T21:05:09","date_gmt":"2009-03-03T19:05:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/robin.meier.free.fr\/site\/?p=38"},"modified":"2026-03-27T21:26:56","modified_gmt":"2026-03-27T20:26:56","slug":"experiments-in-insect-machine-communication-truce-2009","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/robinmeier.net\/?p=38","title":{"rendered":"Truce: Strategies for Post-Apocalyptic Computation (2009)"},"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=\"Truce: Strategies for Post-Apocalyptic Computation - report\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/JkJZaN2nshU?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\">2009<\/p><p>With <a href=\"http:\/\/Alimomeni.net\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"Alimomeni.net\">Ali Momeni<\/a><br>Honorary mention at <a href=\"http:\/\/robinmeier.net\/?p=184\">Ars Electronica 2009<\/a><\/p>\n                <\/div>\n                <div class=\"post-infos__col post-infos__col--right\"><p><a href=\"http:\/\/spark.cla.umn.edu\/\">Spark Festival<\/a>, Minneapolis, 2009<br><a href=\"http:\/\/robinmeier.net\/?p=401\">Palais de Tokyo<\/a>, Paris 2010<br><a href=\"http:\/\/robinmeier.net\/?p=763\">Mus\u00e9e des Beaux Arts<\/a>, Nantes 2012<br><a href=\"http:\/\/robinmeier.net\/?p=1006\">BBC News \/ Sonica Festival<\/a>, Glasgow 2013<\/p><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n        <\/section>\n    \n\n\n<p>In their seminal paper <a href=\"http:\/\/www.sciencedirect.com\/science?_ob=ArticleURL&amp;_udi=B6VRT-4KCGXBV-S&amp;_user=616288&amp;_rdoc=1&amp;_fmt=&amp;_orig=search&amp;_sort=d&amp;view=c&amp;_acct=C000032378&amp;_version=1&amp;_urlVersion=0&amp;_userid=616288&amp;md5=f7714d9d1ce10521a131b8776e8082b4\">&#8220;Flying in Tune: Sexual recognition in mosquitoes&#8221;<\/a>, Gabriella Gibson and and Ian Russell from the University of Greenwich discovered an inspiring phenomenon: male mosquitoes change their buzzing frequency to match that of a female mosquito. This synchronization brings their wing beats to within a millisecond or less of one another. The authors suggest that this phenomenon facilitates the mosquitoes&#8217; ability to copulate mid-flight. We take advantage of this phenomenon to engage the mosquitoes in song, inspired by the North Indian classical vocal tradition of Dhrupad.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-audio\"><audio controls src=\"http:\/\/robinmeier.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/03\/quickie.2009.2.15.21.14.231.mp3\"><\/audio><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-audio\"><audio controls src=\"http:\/\/robinmeier.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/03\/quickie.2009.2.12.22.17.30-edit1.mp3\"><\/audio><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Similarly to my piece <a href=\"http:\/\/robinmeier.net\/?page_id=13\">&#8220;Experiments in Fish\/Machine Communication&#8221;<\/a> our installation explores reciprocal musical interactions between the mosquito and the computer. The computer produces a stimulus sound to which the living mosquitoes synchronize. Subsequently, the computer sings a third voice that responds to the musical inflections of the mosquitoes&#8217; buzz. These three voices come in and out of harmony depending on the mosquitoes propensity to maintain its sync with the stimulus signal.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In our installation, each mosquito is equipped with a loud-speaker for providing the stimulus signal, a sensitive microphone for picking up the mosquitoes&#8217; buzz, a camera for giving us a closer look at the insect, a kinetic component that allows the mosquitoes to rest every few minutes and a light bulb that shows the mosquito&#8217;s activity.<\/p>\n\n\n\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=\"Truce: Strategies for Post-Apocalyptic Computation - Yokohama SIGGRAPH\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/PIqjfyc0azE?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; 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data-id=\"1443\" src=\"https:\/\/robinmeier.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/03\/1mic-1024x573.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1443\" srcset=\"https:\/\/robinmeier.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/03\/1mic-1024x573.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/robinmeier.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/03\/1mic-450x252.jpg 450w, https:\/\/robinmeier.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/03\/1mic-1280x717.jpg 1280w, https:\/\/robinmeier.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/03\/1mic-250x140.jpg 250w, https:\/\/robinmeier.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/03\/1mic-768x430.jpg 768w, https:\/\/robinmeier.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/03\/1mic-300x168.jpg 300w, https:\/\/robinmeier.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/03\/1mic-210x117.jpg 210w, https:\/\/robinmeier.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/03\/1mic.jpg 1431w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"572\" data-id=\"1444\" src=\"https:\/\/robinmeier.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/03\/1-nomic-1024x572.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1444\" srcset=\"https:\/\/robinmeier.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/03\/1-nomic-1024x572.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/robinmeier.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/03\/1-nomic-450x252.jpg 450w, https:\/\/robinmeier.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/03\/1-nomic-1280x715.jpg 1280w, https:\/\/robinmeier.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/03\/1-nomic-250x140.jpg 250w, https:\/\/robinmeier.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/03\/1-nomic-768x429.jpg 768w, https:\/\/robinmeier.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/03\/1-nomic-300x167.jpg 300w, https:\/\/robinmeier.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/03\/1-nomic-210x117.jpg 210w, https:\/\/robinmeier.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/03\/1-nomic.jpg 1433w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Notes for the visitors to the gallery were as follows:<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>We invite our visitors to interact with the mosquitoes. This interactions must be gentle; we request that you limit your interactions to one of two possibilities:<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><em>Offering a finger tip for the mosquito to land: slowly approach the mosquito from below and stop about 1\/4 inche away from the mosquito. The mosquito will recognize the landing spot and extend his\/her legs to reach you. <\/em><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><em>Exhaling on the mosquito: the carbon dioxide in our breath excites and entices the mosquitoes. <\/em><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Please avoid applying pressure to the mosquito, touching its wings, or touching the wire to which the mosquito is attached. These actions can hurt the mosquito, free the mosquito or produce undesirable sounds.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We wish to give special thanks to <a href=\"http:\/\/www.entomology.umn.edu\/People\/GradFaculty\/Fallon\/index.htm\">Ann Falon<\/a>, a researcher at the University of Minnesota. 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