(sorry for x-post)

Dear all!

I'm happy to share with you Nigredo, a new work just created during a residency at STEIM, which might be of interest. made with Pd, Xth Sense, and Arduino, on a Linux system.

Video documentation and details at http://marcodonnarumma.com/works/nigredo/

"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.

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..."

feedback are most welcome!

best wishes,

-- Marco Donnarumma New Media + Sonic Arts Practitioner, Performer, Teacher, Director. Embodied Audio-Visual Interaction Research Team. Department of Computing, Goldsmiths University of London ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Portfolio: http://marcodonnarumma.com Research: http://res.marcodonnarumma.com Director: http://www.liveperformersmeeting.net