KRЯRL DЯAWINGS: AMBIENT INTELLIGENCE

I went to the AMBIENT INTELLIGENCE exhibition and talk at RELAY in Santa Fe on April 26, 2026:

AMBIENT INTELLIGENCE

exhibition at RELAY in Santa Fe

RELAY Creative Space entrance

AMBIENT INTELLIGENCE

The exhibition was part of CURRENTS NEW MEDIA

Setting up

PREMISE

The underlying premise seemed to be to integrate all the exhibitions through software written by JORDAN TIMBER SNYDER:

MAESTRA-CORE -- which is an ambient intelligence platform designed for live performance environments." Apparently it was listening in on the gallery (through lidar and other invisible wavelengths), and influencing the other exhibits with that data:

Projected MAESTRA visualization

that was integrating the all the other exhibitions

ZUYVA SEVILLA

ZUYVA SEVILLA installed a light exhibition high on the wall at the entrance, that flickered like luminarias based on the ambient electromagnetic data input:

ZUYVA SEVILLA

(YouTube): City Brights II - Zuyva Sevilla and Kirsten Angerbauer | Mirage

MIKE ROOT

D.A.I.S.Y

MIKE ROOT of Santa Fe projected the moving images on the large screen in the main room:

MIKE ROOT

JEROME MORRISON +

JULIAN ADDAMS WOLF

ENLIGHTENING COMPANIONS

JEROME MORRISON + JULIAN ADDAMS WOLF invited visitors to wear an amulet that apparently would influence the other exhibits as one walked around the gallery:

JULIAN ADDAMS WOLF speaking

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OWEN SCHWAB

MICROCELL

OWEN SCHWAB of Santa Fe had a theremin-like exhibition that would play musical notes when visitors passed their hands under each of the lights:

OWEN SCHWAB speaking

B. GREINER

CYBERNETIC BIORECTOR -

CONFIGURATION NO. 005

B. GREINER of Albuquerque displayed a sculpture whose movements were influenced by the algae growth in one of the units:

B. GREINER speaking

JORDAN TIMBER SNYDER

SIGNIT:: OPTICS

JORDAN TIMBER SNYDER of Santa Fe wrote the MAESTRA software, and also had an exhibition of waves projecting on the large back wall, influenced by the invisible wavelengths of the gallery and cosmic rays:

JORDAN TIMBER SNYDER speaking

GABE WEISBUCH

MANGON

GABE WEISBUCH of Santa Fe asked visitors to put their hands on copper plates to influence the animation on the screen:

THOMAS VAUSE

AMBIENT PULSE

THOMAS VAUSE of Santa Fe installed a monitor on the ceiling, which displayed a heart that pulsed according to the ambient input from the whole gallery:

THOMAS VAUSE speaking

MORGAN BARNARD

EPHEMERAL CHANNELS

MORGAN BARNARD of Santa Fe projected on the floor from the ceiling...however the animation was not possible to see with all the chairs set up for the talk:

MORGAN BARNARD speaking

SARAH TURNER

S.O.N.A.R.

SARAH TURNER of Santa Fe had a wall projection that was influenced by the ambience of the gallery:

LILA STEFFAN +

MATT RYBECKY

PHOTOTAXIS

LILA STEFFAN + MATT RYBECKY of Santa Fe created a moth sculpture that would open and close it's wings according to how it perceived the light in the gallery. This was in reference to how these moths move in real life according to the light:

LILA STEFFAN + MATT RYBECKY

KRISTA FAIST

MIRROR'S ECHO

KRISTA FAIST of Columbus, Ohio had an installation which would pick up the speech of the visitors -- using Whisper.AI -- and interpreted that as a visual image on a big screen: