for Birds in Frames:
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Leon Aviles Fucyman, Bilegtuguldur Sainburen, Oliver Grether, Alex Glatzel

In the installation for birds in frames, the phenomenon of a bird swarm unfolds as a poetic movement. Hundreds of birds, carefully folded from sheet music, form an expansive sculpture that captures a snapshot of an ascending bird swarm.

The installation is based on the algorithmic rules developed by Craig Reynolds, who in 1987 accurately modeled the complex behavior of bird swarms. Reynolds developed what he called "bird-oid objects" or "Boids," an algorithm that simulates swarm behavior based on the principles of "separation, alignment, and cohesion."

These rules are expanded in the exhibition through computer-generated movements, musical compositions, and projections. This creates an interspace in which an attempt to capture and simplify nature unfolds, while simultaneously presenting an aesthetic complexity.

What role does the behavior of the individual play within a collective? Where are the boundaries between digitally simulated behavior and its physical manifestation? for birds in frames challenges visitors to explore the layered complexity of these phenomena.