| Title: |
| Cardiomorphologies
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| Artist(s): |
| George Phoonkin
Khut
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| Brief description of the work: |
| A participatory
biofeedback installation using the participant's breath and heartbeat
to control a visual display. "Breathing-in causes a halo like
form to glow and expand outwards; another set of halo forms respond
to changes in heart rate, expanding in size and turning red with faster
heart beats and turning blue and contracting with slower heart beats."
(Khut online) |
| Materials, dimensions, duration: |
| Projection,
biofeedback sensors, graphic generator, chair |
| Location (venue & dates, public/ private):
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Cardiomorphologies v.3 was presented as part of ArnolfiniÕs Inbetween
Time: Festival of Live Art and Intrigue, 'This secret location'
exhibition, Arnolfini, Bristol, UK from February 1st-12th 2006.
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| Audience information (size, mode of participation): |
| Individual
audience members can interact with Cardiomorphologies for up to 30
minutes at a time, the sessions are supervised by the artist. |
| Other information (reviews, collaborators, funders): |
| George (Poonkhin)
Khut: concept and sound design. Lizzie Muller: curatorial research
& development, interaction design. Greg Turner: software development,
data analysis & visualisation (2005-06), John Tonkin: software development,
data analysis & visualisation (2004) |
| Floorplan, scheme:
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| Visual/ audio-visual reference: |
photo by Lizzie Muller
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| Key theme(s): |
| Externalising
internal processes using visual representation, intense engagement
with the body |
| Further context: |
| The piece allowed
audience members to explore some of their internal processes and to
immerse themselves in the hypnotic visual representation of their
heartbeat and breathing. |
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