Title:
Affective cinema
Artist(s):
Jan Torpus and Michel Durieux
Brief description of the work:
Interactive installation measuring the affective reaction of an audience member to the virtual character on screen.
Materials, dimensions, duration:
Galvanic skin response sensors, MIDI, sound and image processor, video monitor
Location (venue & dates, public/ private):
Transmediale 2002, Berlin
Audience information (size, mode of participation):
One participant at a time can interact with the artefact; a chair is set up to face video output and camera directly.
Other information (reviews, collaborators, funders):
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Floorplan, scheme:

 
Visual/ audio-visual reference:
Key theme(s):
Observing one's non-verbal communication
Further context:

The virtual characters in affective cinema communicate by using facial gestures and voice, but no speech. The more relaxed a viewer is, the more the character tries to provoke using non-verbal means of communication.

The piece taps into processes that are below our conscious actions and seeks to establish new ways of interacting that work through human affect.
Links and further references:

http://www.culturebase.net/artist.php?1204
http://www.transmediale.de/en/02/exdetail.php?id=2