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)

ATTAFit – Workout Like a Leafcutter Ant

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

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...

Seedpod LED Hack (Easy, educational bio-augmentation project) – Emily Volk

Exploring around Gamboa on trails and streets, I became fascinated with these flower-shaped seedpods....

Kris Casey – Beginning Endless Forms

August 12-19th. Kris Casey is a visual artist and creative researcher from Chicago, IL....

Froggy camouflage handheld fans

Project by Anna Carreras. BAU Design College of Barcelona, Spain. Hand fan (abanico) inspired...

Watching Agoutis

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

Audio Synthesis of the Túngara Frog Call

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

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)

Cargol – Found nature object temporary art piece – Agosto

by Agosto Agosto, arguable the most youthful member of the Dinacon crew, began his adventures...

Glowing Dinaflagellate – Kitty Quitmeyer

Inspired by the microscopic creatures making the seas around her glow, Kitty Quitmeyer, created a...

Wild Behavior – Jonathan Gill

My project was to develop a low-cost, open-source platform for testing the perceptual and cognitive...

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...

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

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

Island Caterpillar – Hannah Wolfe

http://www.dinacon.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/caterpillar.mp4 Hannah Wolfe's goal was to explore caterpillar movement while on the island. She looked...

Hiking Hacks: Designing Interactive Systems Paper – Andy Quitmeyer

During our Digital Naturalism Conference, I will actually have to go full-on meta-conference and present...

Biomimeticx2

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

Nocturnal Garden: Touch Sensor Environmental Art Installation

Relax and listen to Gregory Hanks Green play the Khaen a traditional Lao/Thai mouth organ...

Tidal Memories

Tidal Memories displays Dinacon photos against an animated intertidal zone. Tidal Memories is an interactive,...

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...

Sun Set Clock — Sun Set Clock – Prototype

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

Ode to Dinacon

The Best Thing about Dinacon You work get hot maybe frustrated too and then take...

Procedural Naturalist Drawings- Jennifer Jacobs

As a programmer and a visual artist, I'm fascinated by ways to integrate different forms...

DinaSound is live!

Pearl Ryder is a cell biologist who came to DinaCon with the goal to explore the...

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