»REFLEXION - In Sync/out Sync -« 
Light Box
Light Box
© Claudia Robles-Angel / VG Bild und Kunst. Photo: Marcela Vanegas; Exhibition view at Kunst-station Sankt Peter Cologne 2019
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Claudia Robles-Angel >
»REFLEXION - In Sync/out Sync -«, 2019 - 2019
Co-Workers & Funding:
Light and sound installation for finger pulse sensors, electroluminescent wires and octophonic soundTechnical support: Andreas Gernemann-Paulsen-Paulse
Supported by Innogy Stiftung and ON Neue Musik Köln
https://vimeo.com/379450289
Technology
Hardware
ArduinoInstallation Requirements / Space
site-specificInterface
Finger Pulse sensorsMaterial
electroluminescence wiresSoftware
MAXArduino
Sound
Octophonic sound + 2 Subwoofers (8.2)
Descriptions & Essays
Claudia Robles-Angel 07-04-2020
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.
Claudia Robles-Angel: REFLEXION - In Sync/out Sync -, 07-04-2020, in: Archive of Digital Art 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.
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