Projects

Everyone coming to DINACON has just 3 simple rules:

Make Something
Document and Share it
Give feedback to at least 2 other folks about their thing!

Many projects are also collected in our books (which are available to download for free)!

Here is also a growing collection of all the amazing projects developed at our fun little jungle/sea conference!

Dinacon 2 Projects (2019)

Rainforest Digital Memories

Project by Marta Verde. In Gamboa, I felt really astonished by the gorgeous nature…

Agouti, Agouti!

By Jason Bond, Blunderboffins Agouti, Agouti! is a work of interactive digital art (i.e….

ATTAFit – Workout Like a Leafcutter Ant

Ann Gerondelis, Drexel UniversityRaja Schaar, Drexel UniversityProject created for the Digital Naturalism Conference, 2019…

Butterfly Wing Site-Specific Installation – Emily Volk

Inspired by the scale detail of butterfly wings, my project at Digital Naturalism centered…

The Frog Show – by Mónica Rikić and Ruben Oya

Frog Show wants to elevate the singing frogs to an audiovisual experience. Since our…

complexity + leafcutters: code/improvisation

The shimmering, industrious leafcutter ants that build highways on the forest floor make up…

The Future Within – Grace Grothaus

Grace GrothausTHE FUTURE WITHIN: A digital seed archive and interactive sculpture series exploring threatened…

Audio Synthesis of the Túngara Frog Call

Before the sun had even set on my first day in Gamboa I had…

galoshes with crepuscle camera at night — Crepuscle, by Ashlin Aronin

Night falls in Gamboa, Panama — site of the 2019 Digital Naturalism Conference. The…

Watching Agoutis

I came to Dinacon already a devotee of agoutis. I had been observing them,…

Rust Garden

Rust is gorgeous. We marvel at its endless shades of ochre, red, orange and…

Unnatural Language – Michael Ang and Scott Kildall

By Scott (Seamus) Kildall and Michael Ang Unnatural Language, a collaboration between Michael Ang…

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Dinacon 1 Projects (2561/2018)

The Department of Amphibological Research is now open for submissions!

Here at the Department of Amphibological Research, we take image recognition on new expeditions in the…

Diva PJs – “foraging nighty”

Made from old sheets used on the Diva Andaman, to softness of the fabric inspired…

Translating Nature into Art

As an artist, I see myself less so as creator and more so as a…

Sun Set Clock — Sun Set Clock – Prototype

Technology separates us from nature, but does it need to? I used some of my…

DinaSynth Quartet – Scott (Seamus) Kildall

At Dinacon 2018, Scott (Seamus) Kildall prototyped a new project called DinaSynth Quartet, which is…

Cococrafts 2 – Turn coconut into rope and wire: Dennis and Lydia

What to do with all those coconut husks? Make stuff with them! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bNXEESP6s50

Biomimeticx2

This project has been performed in the premises of Dinacon (KohLon, Thailand), Harakka island…

Palm Reading

06.18.18 – 07.01.18 // Palm Reading // generates abstract visual art in Unity from the bioelectricity…

CRAB LAB

an Amphibological Research Project Introduction Here at the Department of Amphibological Research, our primary studies…

Dinna-con Foraging Guide (PDF)

Foraged Noms! The symbiosis of Dinna-con Fossils have led to the creation of the Ko…

Ecosystem Simulation

My goal for this simulation was to be able to abstractly demonstrate interdependence in an…

Soil/earth/dirt and poop? Connections in:/out:

Soil/earth/dirt and poop? Connections in:/out: Reflections on my time at DINACON Huiying Ng Working…

Coral-textured Paneling

Inspired by the modular pattern of corals, the project translates the coral textures into modules…

Robot Language Music Video-by Albert and Mary (Dezmediah)

with help from Maggie Kane, Tasneem Khan, Mark Lifana, and Andy Quitmeyer Make a kickass…

Hacking a camera to hack the jungle

This is a simple camera hack that can be done just about anywhere. We modified…

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