BioPong

In collaboration 🤝 with Sebastian Hanig
Biopong Table game, Graz, 2003, Photo: Michael Lammer
Biopong Table game, Graz, 2003, Photo: Michael Lammer

The project reimagines the classic arcade game Pong by introducing an “organic algorithm” in the form of a living cockroach. This cockroach carries a neon-green pixel on its back, effectively becoming a living game element. Players control their paddles but cannot predict the movements of the “CI” (Cockroach Intelligence or KI Kakerlaken Intelligenz in German), as the insect’s natural behavior dictates the flow of the game.

Biopong Medienkunstlabor, 2003

Credits

Thanks to Franz Xaver for curating our first “Insert Coin” show in Medienkunstlabor at Kunsthaus Graz in 2003.

Insert coin was an art-arcade-machine exhibition with works by Leo Peschta , Claudia Larcher , Sebastian Hanig, Gordan Savicic, Daniel Kauer and Phillip Lammer.