The group of tiny robots sits quietly in the dark, but as soon as light hits their sensors, things get hectic. Like insects squirming under a rock, each Sibling starts to wobble in its own way—some of them dance, while others move more awkwardly; kept under a dark glass, the siblings can be playfully kept in check. The bodies of these unique relatives are made of plaster, with electronic components poking out at the top, like hairdos. Each family member has its own style.

Shiny metallic conductor tracks cut across a deep black surface, forming a net-like pattern with moving dots of light shimmering in bright colors. The play of light brings to mind the nighttime twinkle of distant cities.

In a shallow black basin filled with clear liquid, a shimmering layer of dust has settled at the bottom, beneath the reflective surface. At the center is a small ring-shaped coil from which two thick shoots wind up to the ceiling and into the shadows of the building’s overhead installation. In the eye of the electrified ring, the particles arrange themselves in dark patterns, disperse, and reassemble in a regular rhythm, like a kind of breathing animating the intricate particle universe.

There’s a twitching and stirring: wave-like contractions ripple through a shiny copper body. A coil of thick copper wire forms a delicately articulated tubular shape with a smooth outer shell and a haphazardly branched system on the inside. Milky transparent strands with fine copper veins protrude from beneath the imposing object; once electricity runs through its veins, it takes on a strange life of its own.