Digital Botanica is an ongoing digital art research project exploring the intersection of biological systems and computational aesthetics. Collaborating with botanists, I deployed a series of sensors in a greenhouse to continuously collect plant growth data—including light intensity, temperature fluctuations, humidity levels, growth rates, and circadian rhythms.
Data ArtBio ArtVisualization
Digital Botanica
2023
A digital art project visualizing plant growth data. By collecting real plant growth data through sensors and transforming it into abstract visual forms, it explores the boundary between nature and the digital.
This data is transformed into continuously evolving visual forms through custom algorithms. Each plant has its unique "digital counterpart" that grows and breathes in virtual space, maintaining a mysterious synchronization with its real-world counterpart.
The project raises questions about authenticity in the age of digital reproduction: Is a perfectly synchronized digital copy still "nature"? What do we gain and lose when we translate organic processes into data?
The visualization system was built using Three.js for real-time 3D rendering and WebSocket connections for live data streaming. Viewers can observe the digital plants responding to real-time environmental changes—drooping when the soil moisture drops, brightening when sunlight increases.