RESONANCE
Sound Installation
Popup Installation for Science Gallery and Technical University Berlin
03.2021
Social Cohesion.
It examines how people feel in different distance zones. A possibility should be found to set the heartbeat to music in real time. Before moving around the campus, visitors decide on one of a total of three distance levels. The visitors move around in the campus and experience different social interactions.
In the social interaction between the individuals, which now also takes place in the sound - heartbeat - a new form of emotional perception of social cohesion arises.
The TUB campus becomes a social laboratory.
Questions>
-How has the distance zones changed nowadays?
-What is the difference in distance zones in different countries?
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Connect: heart rate measuring bracelet + cell phone + loudspeaker ( live)
After choosing the distance zone, you start to test how your heartbeat changes in different situations. The sensor measures the pulse and this is transmitted to the cell phone. The heartbeat is converted as MP3. Then the heartbeat is played through the bluetooth speaker. After checking in between, visitors can give feedback as to whether the selected distance zone is correct or not.
Related App interface Design
The app guide the whole installation. The visitors follow the guidance of the app to measure the heartbeat and to create the installation together.