The Floating Fish Are Back. After touring 14 cities across 11 countries, bit.studio’s acclaimed FLOCK OF returns to Bangkok at its new gallery inside Slowcombo.

Back in 2023, FLOCK OF introduced Bangkok audiences to a flock of floating robotic fish that moved through the air with surprising grace. Three years later, the installation has travelled far beyond Thailand, appearing in 14 cities across 11 countries, before returning home as the centrepiece of the newly opened bit.studio gallery at Slowcombo.

The launch forms part of Slowcombo’s third anniversary and its latest chapter as a community space built around the idea of being present through play, pause and connect. Alongside new tenants and programmes, the arrival of bit.studio gallery brings a dedicated space for creative technology and interactive art into the heart of Samyan.

Founded in 2012, bit.studio is one of Thailand’s leading creative technology studios, working at the intersection of art, science and technology. Its installations have been exhibited in more than 25 countries, and in 2024 the studio was invited to present its work at the Ars Electronica Festival in Austria, one of the world’s most recognised events for new media art.

The new gallery serves as a permanent home for the studio’s experimental works, with exhibitions planned to rotate regularly. The current programme, on view until 12 July 2026, spans four exhibition zones that invite visitors to interact, observe and participate.

At the centre is FLOCK OF, an immersive installation populated by soft robotic fish equipped with electronic brains and connected through a central system. Moving together as a coordinated flock, the creatures respond to their surroundings and to one another, creating behaviour that feels natural despite being machine driven. Visitors are free to walk among them and observe how technology can imitate the patterns and rhythms found in nature.

Elsewhere, Inpara∦el transforms a simple shadow into a bridge between worlds. Visitors interact with a black and white universe inhabited by animated creatures that respond to their presence, turning an ordinary silhouette into an active participant within the artwork.

The gallery’s Uncurated series begins with ~ art gallery, a collection of paintings and installations that challenges the traditional gallery rule of looking but not touching. Sensors, mechanics and computer vision technology encourage visitors to engage directly with the artworks, becoming part of the experience themselves.

The final zone, ***tape, explores the physical nature of information before the digital era. By converting digital data into audio signals recorded onto cassette tape, the installation demonstrates how information can exist across different formats while highlighting the charm and imperfections of analogue technology.

The four exhibitions echo bit.studio’s interest in curiosity, experimentation and interaction. Rather than presenting technology as something distant or purely functional, the works invite visitors to experience it through play, participation and discovery.

For those who missed FLOCK OF the first time around, or those curious to see how one of Thailand’s most internationally recognised interactive artworks has evolved, the new bit.studio gallery offers a chance to step inside a world where art, technology and imagination meet.

bit.studio gallery is located on the third floor of Slowcombo and is open every Friday, Saturday and Sunday from 2pm to 8pm. The current exhibition programme runs until 12 July 2026.