On Fri, Mar 15, 2013 at 2:53 PM, Marco Donnarumma <de...@thesaddj.com>wrote:
> (sorry for x-post) > > Dear all! > > I'm happy to share with you Nigredo, a new work just created during a > residency at STEIM, which might be of interest. > made with Pd, Xth Sense, and Arduino, on a Linux system. > Ha! I was wondering if it was Pd-powered! :D Was a very interesting experience. Hope you liked my comments in the interview after ;) cheers and hope to see more, drmr > > Video documentation and details at > http://marcodonnarumma.com/works/nigredo/ > > "Nigredo is a private 8 minutes artwork to be experienced by one visitor > at a time. Drawing from studies in analytical psychology, human sensory > systems, and biotechnologies, the piece offers an intimate and uncanny > experience of one’s internal self. Namely, the work investigates how > perceptual deprivation can affect alterity, or otherness, that is the aware > distinction between self and not-self. > > The work uses ad hoc biophysical methods and wearable bioacoustic > technology to stimulate a continuous sensorial feedback within the > visitor’s own body. In a small, blacked out room a visitor sits alone > facing a mirror, and wired to on-body sensors. The low frequency sound > pulses of heart, muscular and vein tissues produced by the visitor’s body > are captured, augmented, and fed back to the subject’s sensory system as > new auditive, visual, and physical stimuli. Intense surround sound, > pulsating lights, and mechanical vibrations are diffused through the > subject's ears, eyes, bones, and skull... The combined skeletal resonance, > sound stimuli, and light pulse produce a constant and intense stimulation > field that alters the movement of the internal organs, and the behaviour of > the optical nerves..." > > > feedback are most welcome! > > best wishes, > > -- > Marco Donnarumma > New Media + Sonic Arts Practitioner, Performer, Teacher, Director. > Embodied Audio-Visual Interaction Research Team. > Department of Computing, Goldsmiths University of London > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > Portfolio: http://marcodonnarumma.com > Research: http://res.marcodonnarumma.com > Director: http://www.liveperformersmeeting.net > > _______________________________________________ > Pd-announce mailing list > pd-annou...@iem.at > http://lists.puredata.info/listinfo/pd-announce > > _______________________________________________ > Pd-list@iem.at mailing list > UNSUBSCRIBE and account-management -> > http://lists.puredata.info/listinfo/pd-list > >
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