Gallery: With Seeking Silicon Valley, Zero1 Biennial Explores Tech-Fueled Art

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    *Super K Sonic Boooum 2 Gold,* a 50-foot-long installation by Nelly Ben Hayoun, attempts to re-create the experience of a sonic boom from Japan's Super-Kamiokande neutrino observatory. The installation is one of many coming to the Zero1 Biennial in San Jose, California.
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    *[The Toaster Project](http://www.thetoasterproject.org/)* by Thomas Twaites proves that buying a toaster is easier than making one.
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    In *Brain Station 2* by MeatMedia, brainwaves from the visual cortex power a lightbulb.
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    *Dead Drops* by Aram Bartholl uses USB drives to make a point about data.
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    *Transect Cascade*, a site-specific sound installation by Nicole Aptekar.
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    A research sketch from *The City From the Valley*, an upcoming work by Stamen Design.
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    *Discotrope*, by Annina Rüst and Amy Alexander, uses solar cells to form a disco ball.
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    Artists Jamie Zigelbaum and Marcelo Coelho will create a new interactive light installation for Zero1, exploring themes similar to their recent work *Six-Forty by Four-Eighty* (pictured above).
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    *Aromapoetry* by Eduardo Kac turns scents into poems.
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    *Gambiological Armor* by Gambiologia makes creative use of recycled gear.
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    iPad app *[Decomp Me](http://infinityburialproject.com/society/decomp-me-an-ipad-app)* by Jae Rhim Lee "provides an interactive visualization of a user’s face decomposing and transforming into clusters of Infinity Mushrooms."
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