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This paper describes the development of the Emotion Light, an interactive biofeedback artwork whe... more This paper describes the development of the Emotion Light, an interactive biofeedback artwork where the user listens to electronic music that is composed to calm the user down. The viewer can see a visual reflection of their bodily response by holding a sculptural light that tracks the user’s galvanic skin response and heart rate and translates these into changing light patterns that emerge from the sculpture. After an introduction into the principle of biofeedback, the hardware and software developed for this project are described and the work is briefly evaluated through a review of informal interviews held with users of the Emotion Light.

In A State is a live performance system that detects emotion from live audio (in this case a pian... more In A State is a live performance system that detects emotion from live audio (in this case a piano performance) and generates visuals and electroacoustic music in response. This paper discusses the continuing development of the system and the backdrop of emotion in music and arts practice.

Journal of New Music Research

Abstract An artistic concert system called BioCombat devised by the co-authors puts two performer... more Abstract An artistic concert system called BioCombat devised by the co-authors puts two performers’ physiological states head to head, making their attempt to feel particular emotions the object of a live competition. Each performer provides sonic materials for each of eight emotional states; generative visuals are projected in concert, reactive to audio and physiological features, alongside an emotional scoring system also visible to the audience. This article describes the physiological sensing and emotion classification machinery required to support such a challenging real-time task, with both quantitative and qualitative evaluation results. The system draws upon recent research in the field. The designers offer solutions to the problems, and discuss the potential, of such current generation technology for artists.

Leonardo, 2016

Emotion-sensitive artworks provide a challenging yet rewarding locus of activity. After a compara... more Emotion-sensitive artworks provide a challenging yet rewarding locus of activity. After a comparative review of the situation in art and music with respect to emotion research, three innovative, interactive and emotion-sensitive artworks are described. The Emotion Light (2009) is an interactive biofeedback sculpture in the shape of a light-emitting uterus that responds by changing color depending on the arousal level of the person holding it. In a State (2014) and BioCombat (2015) are generative, interactive live performance systems that detect emotion from audio or live biosignals, respectively, and create abstract animations and electroacoustic music in response.

This paper describes the development of the Emotion Light, an interactive biofeedback artwork whe... more This paper describes the development of the Emotion Light, an interactive biofeedback artwork where the user listens to a piece of electronic music whilst holding a semi-transparent sculpture that tracks his/her bodily responses and translates these into changing light patterns that emerge from the sculpture. The context of this work is briefly described and the questions it poses are derived from interviews held with audience members.

HEARIMPROV was a live audiovisual performance project for which nine musicians from different mus... more HEARIMPROV was a live audiovisual performance project for which nine musicians from different musical backgrounds were brought together to improvise acoustically to range of animated graphical scores. These video scores by 4 different artists were projected alongside a live generated spectrogram. The spectrogram software tracked the sound input from three microphones and translated this via Fourier transform into one blue, one green and one red spectrogram that overlapped simultaneously into one image. This literal visualisation of the sound originated from the desire to make the music available to people with a hearing impairment. The HEARIMPROV performance was a playful way of visualising live music through software and simultaneously sonifying graphic scores by a group of musicians. Certain ‘playing rules’ were invented by the musicians, to keep the improvised music varied and semi-structured. The project was inspired by the fluidity of digital media where one form of data can be transformed into another and used a collaborative, participatory method in the process of creation.

This paper describes the development of the Emotion Light, an interactive biofeedback artwork whe... more This paper describes the development of the Emotion Light, an interactive biofeedback artwork where the user listens to electronic music that is composed to calm the user down. The viewer can see a visual reflection of their bodily response by holding a sculptural light that tracks the user's galvanic skin response and heart rate and translates these into changing light patterns that emerge from the sculpture. After an introduction into the principle of biofeedback, the hardware and software developed for this project are described and the work is briefly evaluated through a review of informal interviews held with users of the Emotion Light.

Journal of New Music Research

Leonardo, 2016

This paper describes the development of the Emotion Light, an interactive biofeedback artwork whe... more This paper describes the development of the Emotion Light, an interactive biofeedback artwork where the user listens to a piece of electronic music whilst holding a semi-transparent sculpture that tracks his/her bodily responses and translates these into changing light patterns that emerge from the sculpture. The context of this work is briefly described and the questions it poses are derived from interviews held with audience members.

This paper describes the development of the Emotion Light, an interactive biofeedback artwork whe... more This paper describes the development of the Emotion Light, an interactive biofeedback artwork where the user listens to electronic music that is composed to calm the user down. The viewer can see a visual reflection of their bodily response by holding a sculptural light that tracks the user's galvanic skin response and heart rate and translates these into changing light patterns that emerge from the sculpture. After an introduction into the principle of biofeedback, the hardware and software developed for this project are described and the work is briefly evaluated through a review of informal interviews held with users of the Emotion Light.