No one is leading.
II / A LOCAL WORLD
A little room.Enough space for the next wingbeat.
One bird. A nearby world.
III / A TURN TRAVELS
One change. Many consequences.Scroll to follow the response.
IV / THE LIVE FIELD
Click the open sky to stir the flock.
A small gesture. A different whole.
V / THE SHAPE YOU LEFT
Your field, held in place.
A local-rules model inspired by flocking research. Sources
Saved field held while you revisit
A local-rules model inspired by flocking research. Each bird makes its next move from a small nearby world: keep space, match heading, stay together.
There is no designated leader in this model. A soft environmental boundary keeps the flock within view. There are no target outlines or scripted formations.
The observation is a reversible recording of an actual simulation. The live field runs forward in its own time. Bird scale, color and camera movement are artistic choices.
Separation, alignment and cohesion as local steering behaviors.
The studied starling flocks interacted with roughly six or seven neighbors. Our bounded spatial search approximates up to seven nearby agents; it is not an exact biological model.
Observed turning information spread through starling flocks. This artwork does not reproduce the paper's specific dynamics.
The visitor's presence as part of a responsive collective.
An artwork exploring the individual and the group.
Original interactive artwork · 2026A generated sky. A simulated flock. Your observation.
This is a still from the actual flock. Enable JavaScript to observe its relationships and enter the live field.
