ZKM GLOBALE: Performing Sound, Playing Technology symposium
The body as interface through interference: Wireless Information Retrieval in the Hertzian Field
Category: Lecture/Talk
Date: 06.02.2016 – 07.02.2016
Talk description:
Apart from distributing our data, wireless communication has a side effect: it conveys physical information about space and the bodies within it. In this talk, Stelios Manousakis will present a new technology he developed for device-free sensing of presence and movement using WiFi waves and bodily interference for his Hertzian Field series. The technology, inspired by wireless localization, radio tomography, and radars, uses techniques adapted from Music Information Retrieval to analyze and utilize wireless signals in meaningful ways. Stelios will talk about the technology, system and context, and how his artistic trajectory led him to this discovery, while touching on the subjects of live electronics performance and embodiment, interfaces, interactivity, mapping, spatialization, feedback and cybernetics.
Symposium description:
“Performing Sound, Playing Technology. A Festival on Contemporary Musical Instruments and Interfaces” provides insights into the development of innovative instruments and interfaces in the field of electronic music. Stelios Manousakis is
Video Documentary: ZKM | Institute for Visual Media
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Hertzian Field #2 page:
Hertzian Field #2
An augmented reality immersive performance exposing the sympathetic resonance of the body to the flows of telecommunication via WiFi sensing.
Hertzian Field #1 page:
Hertzian Field #1
An immersive augmented reality environment using WiFi sensing to expose the raw materiality of WiFi and explore its physical interaction with our spaces and bodies through sound.