“Deceptive Practices” presented by Bergamo and Penn
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Charles Darwin wrote six botany books, three on flower reproduction, given the importance of the reproductive process in life’s evolutionary complexity. This paper pre-sents an experimental design/art small-world system of three robotic deceptive flowers and their reproductive behaviour. The system shown is the first generation of robotic individualisations. The concept is based on the idea that deceptive flowers decoy pollinators by adver-tising a reward, which is not provided. The artwork is in-spired by the genus Aristolochia, which uses fly-trapping to spread its pollen. This study seeks aesthetic visual fabrics and sizes to impress people to interact with the robotic structures. Once a person is close enough to the flower, it will trap the person for a few seconds. The project is also a feasible design experiment intending to study individuals’ reactions to the trap conditions. The installation aims to sensibilise individuals to the high cost of the mind and body’s reproductive circumstances.
