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Programme Media Arts BioMapping: R & D
Programme Media Arts BioMapping: R & D
| BioMapping: R & D |
 SPACE Media Arts is supporting artist Christian Nold in a development of the Bio Mapping project. Funded by Sciart, research and development is taking place throughout 2006/7.
Bio Mapping is a research project which explores new ways that we as individuals can make use of the information we can gather about our own bodies. Instead of security technologies that are designed to control our behaviour, this project envisages new tools that allows people to selectively share and interpret their own biometric data.The Bio Mapping tool allows the wearer to record their Galvanic Skin Response (GSR), which is a simple indicator of emotional arousal in conjunction with their geographical location. This can be used to plot a map that highlights point of high and low arousal. By sharing this data we can construct maps that visualise where we as a community feel stressed and excited. How will our perceptions of our community and environment change when we become aware of our own and each others intimate body states? |
