REFLEXION - In Sync/out Sync -

Claudia Robles-Angel / VG Bild und Kunst. Photo: Marcela Vanegas
© Exhibition view at Kunst-station Sankt Peter Cologne 2019 ; Claudia Robles-Angel / VG Bild und Kunst. Photo: Marcela Vanegas

Claudia Robles-Angel

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Co-workers & Funding
Light and sound installation for finger pulse sensors, electroluminescent wires and octophonic sound
Technical support: Andreas Gernemann-Paulsen-Paulse
Supported by Innogy Stiftung and ON Neue Musik Köln
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Description
REFLEXION - In Sync / Out of Sync - is a real-time light and sound installation consisting of electroluminescent (EL) wires and octophonic (8.2) sound.

The main concept is based on research showing that our heartbeats can be synchronised by deepening the perception of others. Two visitors are invited to sit in front of each other surrounded by a light structure made of EL wires. This light structure is steered by their heartbeats measured with finger pulse
sensors. When the two participants do not share the same frequency of their heartbeats, the installation is in an Out-of Sync state and the sound becomes dissonant; when their heart frequencies are synchronised, the installation reacts in an In-Sync state, with agreeable and non-dissonant sound in the octophonic soundscape.
Keywords
  • aesthetics
    • acoustic
    • affective
    • immersive
    • interactive
    • real-time
    • site-specific
    • sonification
  • genres
    • installations
      • interactive installations
    • sound art
      • sound installations
  • subjects
    • Art and Science
      • dynamical systems
      • light (energy)
      • neuroscience
    • Arts and Visual Culture
      • architecture
    • Body and Psychology
      • affect
      • bodies (animal components)
      • breathing
      • emotion
      • empathy
      • feelings
      • self awareness
    • Technology and Innovation
      • electricity
      • intelligent environment
  • technology
Technology & Material
Hardware
Arduino
Installation Requirements / Space
site-specific
Interface
Finger Pulse sensors
Material
electroluminescence wires
Software
MAX
Arduino
Sound
Octophonic sound + 2 Subwoofers (8.2)
Exhibitions & Events
CoMciência: Time Crystals
ISEA Lux Aeterna
REFLEXION - In Sync/out of Sync -
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