Whew, it’s been a busy week! What great fun it was to participate in SPRING/BREAK Art Show 2018 “Thoughtworks Stranger Than Life Hacks” Special Exhibition. Presented by Harvestworks/Thoughtworks Arts, and curated by Lee Tusman, Aaron Trocola and I performed Dual Brains, a brainwave-driven work, on opening night, March 6th.
Dual Brains is a real-time OpenBCI EEG brain data-driven performance. Inspired by neuroscience research which indicates that human brains are fundamentally hard wired for empathy, especially under conditions of duress in which holding hands helps to reduce stress. The performers’ EEG data is visually presented while they focus their minds on emotionally charged memories, first without physical contact and then while holding hands. Sound created from EEG and ECG data. Performance duration, 3 minutes.
This project aims to create dialogue about the wonderful social implications of neural interdependence through an artistic experience.
During the rest of the week, I enjoyed discovering the works of fellow artists Javier Molina and David Gochfeld; Heather Dewey-Hagborg, Shoili Kanungo and Iliya Fridman in a collaboration with Chelsea Manning; hannes bend and Lewey Geselowitz, Annie Berman, Karen Palmer, Sofy Yuditskaya, Andrew McWilliams, and Ellen Pearlman.
