(sorry for any x-post)<br><br>Dears,<br><br>please, allow me to share with you Nigredo, a new work just created during a residency at STEIM, which might be of interest.<br><br>Video documentation and details at<br><a href="http://marcodonnarumma.com/works/nigredo/" target="_blank">http://marcodonnarumma.com/works/nigredo/</a><br>
<br>"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.<br>
<br>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..."<br>
<br>thanks for your attention,<br>and feedback are most welcome!<br><br>best wishes,<br><br><div>--<br>Marco Donnarumma<br>New Media + Sonic Arts Practitioner, Performer, Teacher, Director.<br>Embodied Audio-Visual Interaction Research Team.<br>
Department of Computing, Goldsmiths University of London<br>~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~<br>Portfolio: <a href="http://marcodonnarumma.com" target="_blank">http://marcodonnarumma.com</a><br>Research: <a href="http://res.marcodonnarumma.com" target="_blank">http://res.marcodonnarumma.com</a><br>
Director: <a href="http://www.liveperformersmeeting.net" target="_blank">http://www.liveperformersmeeting.net</a></div>