Radical EcoSystem

A bio-hybrid system where plant activity shapes technological behaviour

Radical EcoSystem is an experimental bio-hybrid installation exploring how plant activity can influence the behaviour of technological systems.

In many contemporary technological environments, living organisms are monitored, measured, and controlled through sensors and automated infrastructures. This project investigates an alternative paradigm: a system in which plant signals actively shape the behaviour of artificial components.

The installation combines plant sensing, human physiological input, and soft robotic actuation to create a responsive ecosystem in which movement, light, and sound emerge from biological signals. These transformations make otherwise invisible biological processes perceptible through dynamic sensory expressions.

A pneumatic artificial flower responds to plant activity, while human presence introduces additional variations through physiological input. Rather than functioning as a simple interface between human and nature, the installation behaves as a small technological ecosystem where plant signals influence artificial behaviours and human presence perturbs the system dynamics.

By shifting agency away from purely human control, Radical Signals explores how living organisms can become active participants in technological environments, proposing a more-than-human perspective on interaction and system design.