stellac (sp?) an australian based performance artist in the 80s used biofeedback. he would place electrodes on himself that would generate music on a computer. it would also feed electrical impulses to his muscles causing muscular spasms that would make him more twitchy than the crack heads of yesteryear selling bike seats on avenue a. sort of a bio feedback loop. i saw him at the art gallery of nsw in maybe 1987.
some trance djs were telling me that bt uses some type of biofeedback mechanism in his live performances. don't know any of the details. probably the more he farts the more epic the breakdown. james www.jbucknell.com "Giles Dickerson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> on 11/15/2001 01:25:36 PM To: 313@hyperreal.org, [EMAIL PROTECTED] cc: (bcc: James Bucknell/Magazines/Hearst) Subject: [313] Biofeedback replacing DJs / Neil Stephenson's Ideas If you're interested in this concept (whiuch is entirely not happening yet ofcourse) I reccfomend you all read a fantastically entertaining book called "The Diamond Age" by Neil Stephenson. He is the author of snowcrash, a book that to me embodies the exact type of visual experience that electronic music brtings to my senses. - Giles D I G I T A S // B O S T O N -- Giles Dickerson Art Director 800 Boylston Street Boston, MA 02199 -- mobile 617 899 9635 office 617 369 8601 ''Taking no risk is to accept the certainty of long-term failure." > ---------- > From: Brendan Nelson [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Thursday, November 15, 2001 12:40 PM > To: '313@hyperreal.org' > Subject: [313] Biofeedback replacing DJs? > > http://www.newscientist.com/news/news.jsp?id=ns99991563 > > "A computerised DJ that uses feedback from the dancers to generate new > music > has been developed by artificial intelligence experts at > Hewlett-Packard, > meaning clubbers may soon only have themselves to blame if they do not > like > the music they are dancing to..." > > I don't think it'll take off myself... > > Brendan > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
