Digiscape - Beneath the signal

- 2025

Project Type | Interactive Installation

Credits:

Visual Design | Ke Jyun Wu
Sound Design | Nick Tsai

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One day at an exhibition, a visitor leaned in and asked,
“Did you know that plants can communicate with each other?”

At first, I laughed—honestly, I thought it was a joke. (I know, I’m bad)
But that one sentence stuck with me. I started digging around, and before I knew it, I was completely hooked.

Turns out, there’s a massive, complex network hidden beneath our feet—a real biological internet that connects trees, plants, fungi… everything.
I remember thinking, “This has to become a piece.”
It wasn’t just beautiful—it felt like uncovering a secret world.
If you’re interested, here’s the link: The Secret Language of Trees

While I was deep in this rabbit hole, I came across Playtronica’s Biotron, a device that can pick up tiny shifts in electrical resistance when a plant is touched.
Basically, it gives plants a voice in the digital world.
When I saw it, I knew instantly: this is it.
We connected, and this collaboration became the foundation of this work.

But what I love most?
🌿✨The Terrarium 🌿✨
I had it custom-mad e because I wanted it to feel like real forest soil.
When you reach in to touch the moss, the scent clings to your fingers—a grassy, earthy aroma that lingers like a memory.
It’s a tiny patch of forest, right there in front of you.

And when the terrarium is wired to Biotron, everything links together.
Every touch becomes a signal.
A whisper from the physical world that ripples into the digital one, nurturing the virtual flora growing on screen.

This work isn’t trying to explain something deep or complex.
It’s just here to share a little wonder—something quietly extraordinary hiding in the everyday.