Kate,
These "plants" by a Korean roboticist and installation artist are almost certainly something you'd expect to find in a technologically transcendent future, no? Choe U Ram has created walls of "vines" that respond to human presence by manipulating the air, gorgeous flowers that communicate with one another with LEDs other intricate creations that seem to exist as artifacts from a future where organic and electronic have merged.
I'm most reminded of the purpose built organisms that clean the air and seas in The Diamond Age like the trees near Source Victoria and the Smart Coral. Creations of a world full of nanotech, those. I'm also put in mind of the Raman biots created by Clarke in Rendezvous with Rama - a whole biosphere synthesized from organic building blocks to carry out exploration and maintenance tasks for an arguably living spaceship.
Sorry...tangents. Make sure to watch Choe's video portfolio clips. Stunning, no?
- N
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