FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
What: Slapshock Performance by Elle Mehrmand and Micha Cardenas at
Compactspace
Where: Compactspace
105 E 6th St
Los Angeles, CA 90014
When: Thursday, June 11th, 8pm
Contact: Elle Mehrmand, ellemehrmand A+ gmail [d0t) com
Micha Cardenas, mcardenas a+ ucsd d()+ edu
Compactspace, 626-676-0627
Slapshock is a performance using a Freeduino and an Arduino to create a
pain sharing device. The performance by Elle Mehrmand and Micha Cardenas
is an exploration of symbiotic relationality through pain, in which each
performer slaps themself in turn causing the other performer to receive
a painful electric shock.
The devices were created by Mehrmand and Cardenas using a Freeduino, an
Aruino, piezo sensors and Transdermal Electro Nerve Stimulation (TENS)
units. Mehrmand and Cardenas soldered the components together and
programmed the microcontrollers to detect a slap through the piezo
sensor and activate the TENS units when the slap occurs.
The performance is one of a series studies for "mixed relations", a
larger set of performances using technology to explore relations between
people as well as between people and technology. "mixed relations" will
involve two performers in mixed reality environments using their bodies
as instruments to produce live audio, and will take place in the Fall of
2009.
Slapshock will be performed as part of The Dark Tower, a group show of
UCSD MFA candidates and recent graduates curated by Cauleen Smith. The
performance will be at the Compactspace gallery during the LA Artwalk on
June 11th, 2009.
More information about "mixed relations" can be found at:
http://bang.calit2.net/tts/2009/05/01/mixed-relations-won-the-ucira-emerging-fields-award/
More information about The Dark Tower show at Compactspace:
http://www.compactspace.com/the-dark-tower/
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micha cárdenas
Artist/Researcher, Experimental Game Lab, http://experimentalgamelab.net
Calit2 Researcher, http://bang.calit2.net
blog: http://bang.calit2.net/tts
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