Software translates the movements of fish into music, taking third place for the International Contemporary Art Prize in Berlin.

This is music to meditate to, and the presentation is visually captivating as well. The “Quiet Ensemble” ranks up there with the Zadar Sea Organ in my mind as one of the coolest inventions that uses technology and real ingenuity to capture the beauty of nature.

Quintetto by Quiet Ensemble from yatzer on Vimeo.

[via Engadget]

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