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By George Khut, with Lizzie Muller and Greg Turner 14-21 September 2005  Cardiomorphologies is an interactive installation that uses bio-sensing and multimedia technologies to create real-time visual and sonic representations of the audiences breath and heart rate. Participants interact with the work one person at a time through heart and breath sensors. During their interaction participants are encouraged to use the work as a feedback system to observe and experiment with their own breath and heart-rate patterning.
Cardiomorphologies takes as its subject matter and material, the participants own psycho-physiology, allowing them to reflect on the physically and emotionally mediated nature of our actions and perceptions through a gentle but highly focused process of observation and interaction. The work examines some of the ways in which different kinds of mental activity impact on our physiology and conversely how particular heart and breath patterns seem to entrain certain kinds of feelings and perceptions. About the creative team George (Poonkhin) Khut is an artist working in the area of sound and immersive installation environments. He is researching a Doctorate of Creative Arts at the University of Western Sydney, Australia, in the incorporation of biofeedback training technologies with interactive music and sound environments. The development of Cardiomorphologies has been supported by Performance Spaces Head Space artists residency program. Lizzie Muller is a curator specializing in interactive artwork. She is currently researching audience experience of interactive art for her Ph.D. at Creativity and Cognition Studios, University of Technology, Sydney. She is the curator of Beta_space. Greg Turner is an interaction designer who specialises in creativity support. He is currently developing flexible software tools for artists for his Ph.D. at Creativity and Cognition Studios, University of Technology, Sydney. Alex White is an artist working in the fields of experimental audio and improvised performance. Alex lives in Sydney and is completing his Honors in Electronic Arts at The University of Western Sydney. More information about heart and breath rate Cardiomorphologies allows participants to explore the rhythms of their heart and breath. Here are some links to more information about heart rate variability and its relationship to the autonomic nervous system, and our psycho-physiological orientation. www.heartmath.org www.howstuffworks.com/heart.htm & www.howstuffworks.com/lung.htm www.breathingcoordination.com |
