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…

Watching Agoutis

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

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….

Eco-Digital Survival (Redux) in Extreme Landscapes

by Stephanie RothenbergThe first time I heard about Andy Q and Digital Naturalism was…

Transubstantiation – Radiophonic Sculpture Installations | living documentary

Rabía Williams (ACA) Radiophonic seed pod pictured: pod, copper wire 22, screws, AM radio…

Agouti, Agouti!

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

Froggy camouflage handheld fans

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

complexity + leafcutters: code/improvisation

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

The Frog Show – by Mónica Rikić and Ruben Oya

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

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

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

Kris Casey – Beginning Endless Forms

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

Butterfly Wing Site-Specific Installation – Emily Volk

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

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Dinacon 1 Projects (2561/2018)

Sun Set Clock — Sun Set Clock – Prototype

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

Tree Area Network (TAN) – a private Network for trees and humans

A TAN is a Network using plant-infrastructure to transmit data over trees. (Ingo Randolf) Introduction…

Sonic Lace

Initiated at DinaCon 2018 at Lone Island, sonic lace combines textile speaker making with needlepoint…

DIY Marine Microbes – Kitty Quitmeyer

One of our conference node leaders , Kitty Quitmeyer (wellreadpanda.com), worked on creating DIY knitted…

TribeNET- Mesh sensor network for battling future distopia

by Elizabeth Bigger, Luis Fraguada, and Agosto Thanks to Dani, Mark, and Umeed for help…

That Strange Sensation by Dezmediah

My main project at Dinacon was to write a short story inspired by one or…

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

Island take away sound glasses – Mónica Rikić

I came with the idea of making a playful device at the island. I brought…

Coconut water catcher 1.0

Are your bowls too small to catch your coconut water? Do you struggle to prevent…

Costuming TAN

by Mika Satomi Costuming TAN is a wearable antenna for Tree Area Network Project by…

Nocturnal Garden: Touch Sensor Environmental Art Installation

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

Bioluminescence Textile – Elizabeth Bigger

by Elizabeth Bigger An unplanned and rapid experiment resulted from an evening of swimming with…

Crochetteering – a tale of fishy innovation

by Hannah Perner-Wilson (+C, KOBAKANT) My plans for Dinacon were to develop An Underwater Studio…

DinaCrab: Hermit Crab Behavior

When humans are near, making noise or stomping on the ground or rippling the intertidal…

DinaSynth Quartet – Scott (Seamus) Kildall

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

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