cellF – Artist Talk with Guy Ben-Ary and Nathan Thompson
Artist Talk
CellF is the world’s first neural synthesiser—its “brain” is made of biological neural networks that grow in a Petri dish and controls in real time it’s “body” that is made of an array of analogue modular synthesizers that work in synergy with it and play with human musicians.
The work is a result of a collaborative effort between artist Guy Ben-Ary and a creative team consisting of designer and new media artist Nathan Thompson, electrical engineer and synthesiser builder Dr. Andrew Fitch, musician Dr. Darren Moore, Stem cell scientist Dr. Michael Edel, Neuro-scientist Dr. Stuart Hodgetts, and Neuro-Engineer Dr. Douglas Bakkum.
In this talk, artists Guy Ben-Ary and Nathan Thompson will speak in-depth about cellF, their research interests, and the collaborative processes involved in developing the work.