Berlin Public Art Project

A birdfeeder that only opens its gates for European birds, and shuts them when a migrant bird is detected. An interactive political art piece first exhibited at Volkspark von Weinberg, and then at the Kunsquartier Bethanien Art Center.


Running BirdNet, a machine learning library for bird song detection, on a Raspberry Pi 5 with a Google Coral TSB accelerator chip.


Machine Learning on a Raspberry Pi for Bird Song Detection

Playbill for the performance Playbill for the performance

Materials

Insulation foam, instamorph, air clay, cardboard, moss, grass, paint, and lots of gorilla glue!

Chinese are locked up in jail for 3 days while their property is looted and burned Red light district workers gave shelter to Chinese abused by rioters Look Young is dragged out of the Sing Lee laundromat by his hair Look Young is dragged out of the Sing Lee laundromat by his hair Look Young is dragged out of the Sing Lee laundromat by his hair Performance in the alleyway

Art Opening at the Kunsquartier Bethanien

Spoken word Fight in the alley Stylized lynching Program: map of scenes with AR codes

Process

Kyle and I were lucky to be part of the School of Machines this summer, studying computational and immersive art with Quinn Tincher , one of the two original founders of MeowWolf.

I felt especially lucky that my company, AidKit, allowed me to work remotely from Germany for two months, to complete the art residency during off-hours from work.

Rabbit Fireman William Roberts

Feel so much love for all the wonderful people in the art program, and Rachel Uwa, the inspiring visionary, artist, activist, and organizer.
Look Young is dragged out of the Sing Lee laundromat by his hair Look Young is dragged out of the Sing Lee laundromat by his hair

Happy Place

Making art and playing with creative code is my happy place!

Look Young is dragged out of the Sing Lee laundromat by his hair Murder of Look Young by rioters

What an amazing summer! So much gratitude to AidKit, Quinn and Rachel, and most of all, my dear partner in all things, Kyle Albasi.