Robotic superstrings installation: A-Life Science & Art

Superstrings Installations (Torino 2005, Cetraro 2005, Milano 2005) -where Art and Science were directly conjugated - pictures and movies have been later collected into a DVD produced in a strictly limited edition and in few copies. These DVDs have been part of a Generative Art Installation presented in Milano in December 2006. A small robotic artifact has been programmed with very simple rules to trace on the DVD surfaces space "visual superstrings", which changed depending both on the interaction with the public and the configuration of the DVDs on the floor. At the end, a unique artwork was generated. This paper discusses the ideas of A-Life Art, the related aesthetic concepts and how the use and programming of a robot has allowed to create A-Life Artistic object inspired by the Superstring Installation through semi-adaptive robotic behaviour.