affective resonance is a technologically enhanced environment that supports participatory behavior and hopes to connect individuals through the visualization of thought in time and space, revealing the discrete network existing in users’ immediate environment.
This project involves 3 participants, each equipped with an EEG (Electroencephalogram) headset, interacting with a fluid-based centerpiece that fluctuates according to participants’ neurofeedback in real time (and space). Each participant is isolated through sound, but collectively connected through vision as they co-construct the dynamics of the fluid in the centerpiece by meditating and controlling their mental states, individually and collaboratively. This neuro-responsive environment portrays David Bohm’s implicate order (1980), perceived through vision and sound, as it may be grasped in thought in the context of a temporary community.
participants'
responses
Bryant, Don, Tracy, and John respond to my core questions regarding their experiences of sound and visual feedback, as well as their overall sentiment of the space and the piece.
date: May 19, 2011
video
DEMO
This video presents John,
a yoga meditation expert, affecting the fluid interface, through meditating and controling his body/mind.
date: May 19, 2011
concept video
This video describes
the fundamental theories
and domains behind
affective resonance,
the sonic-visual interaction,
as well as the technical flow of the art work.
date: March 30, 2011