On The Fly

Launched at the fourth Moscow Biennial of Contemporary Art in Russia, this was 2M’s first collaboration with Random International in 2011.

“The interactive installation studies the movement of objects and insects together within a confined space. Inside a glass vitrine, an abstract representation of a fly is held captive, centrally entrapped by eight cables.  Seeking to understand the collective mind,  the ‘insect’ is controlled by an autonomous algorithm which accurately simulates the observed behaviour of real flies. A video camera featured on the ‘fly’ moves according to the behaviour of the person who enters the room. If several people are present, the camera moves chaotically from one to the other.”