SurveillAnts is an interactive, biological installation that explores the unseen world of ants. The project aims to provoke people’s curiosity about non-human life and touches on themes of emergent intelligence and creation Through SurveillAnts; people can explore the movement of live ants over time, and try to find a rationale for the emergent patterns. The use of surveillance technology transforms the ant paths to colorful drawings and the ants themselves to painters.