Concept of PULse

 

 

PULse is a project that came about after my PhD and developed from my research interests to find ways to bridge the gap between the observer /participant and the artefact during the art experience. The way I explored these self/other paradigms was through the mediation of the corporeal body via digital technologies and video performance. I coined the term In[bodi]ment to describe be[ing] in the moment and/or artwork to articulate the conscious awareness of the here and now. PULse is enabling the participant to become suspended within the art work in real time, and focus on be[ing] in the zone as a way to in[body] the art experience. Through the application of observing a surface PULse seeks to behold the participant beyond the ground of the video image creating a bio feedback loop between the subject and the object.   

 

In these works the digital pixels of the video image have a seductive aesthetic quality which we associate with paintings. PULse takes the participant through the frame where they become the ‘process.’ The observer/participant touches with their eyes, feels through their skin and hears and sees through the body. Through a collaboration between the corporeal body and the bio sensing technology this work is attempting to make visible the invisible – experience.  As a facilitator of this process I am suspending the beholder, through the act of looking, to encounter be[ing] in the zone. This is an intense moment of connection, contemplation and interaction which we rarely give to the art experience – but long enough to let it ‘speak to us’. The collaborator ‘creates’ a real-time artwork through their lived experience.  

PULse uses a heart rate sensor attached to the body. The internal values of the heart beats per minute (BPM) are translated into data which is interpreted as visual metaphors in the form of video projections.