Cor Cordis

Clare Cullen, and Evan Morgan

Installation Proceedings of the International Conference on New Interfaces for Musical Expression

• Year: 2012
• Location: Ann Arbor, Michigan, U.S.A.

Abstract:

Program notes: Cor Cordis is an interactive sculpture for collaborative biofeedback performance. The light sculpture responds to changes in the heart rate and respiratory movements of individual participants, providing them with an audiovisual representation of their biofeedback in real-time. Up to four participants are asked to wear wireless sensor devices and this data is used to generate algorithmic composition and accompanying light feedback. Participants can work together to develop a collaborative performance, engineering changes through breathing and heart rate. Artist(s) Biography: Clare Cullen is a sound artist, experimental musician and researcher interested in developing interactive systems for music performance. She has an MSc in Digital Composition and Performance from the University of Edinburgh and is currently studying towards a PhD in Media and Arts Technology at Queen Mary University, London. Evan Morgan completed his undergraduate studies in Biomedical Engineering at Imperial College London, in 2008. His Masters Research project was a collaborative study with the Royal College of Music, investigating the physiological aspects of performance anxiety in classically trained musicians. This research led him towards an interest in the ways in which live physiological data can be used in art, media and performance. In particular he is interested in utilising automated methods of detecting human emotion in order to study the dynamics of emotion within audiences. He is currently studying in the first year of the Media and Arts Technology Ph.D. programme at Queen Mary University, London.

Citation:

BibTeX Entry:

  @incollection{nime2012-installations-CullenMorgan2012,
 abstract = {Program notes:

Cor Cordis is an interactive sculpture for collaborative biofeedback performance. The light sculpture responds to changes in the heart rate and respiratory movements of individual participants, providing them with an audiovisual representation of their biofeedback in real-time.

Up to four participants are asked to wear wireless sensor devices and this data is used to generate algorithmic composition and accompanying light feedback. Participants can work together to develop a collaborative performance, engineering changes through breathing and heart rate.

Artist(s) Biography:

Clare Cullen is a sound artist, experimental musician and researcher interested in developing interactive systems for music performance. She has an MSc in Digital Composition and Performance from the University of Edinburgh and is currently studying towards a PhD in Media and Arts Technology at Queen Mary University, London.

Evan Morgan completed his undergraduate studies in Biomedical Engineering at Imperial College London, in 2008. His Masters Research project was a collaborative study with the Royal College of Music, investigating the physiological aspects of performance anxiety in classically trained musicians. This research led him towards an interest in the ways in which live physiological data can be used in art, media and performance. In particular he is interested in utilising automated methods of detecting human emotion in order to study the dynamics of emotion within audiences. He is currently studying in the first year of the Media and Arts Technology Ph.D. programme at Queen Mary University, London.},
 address = {Ann Arbor, Michigan, U.S.A.},
 author = {Clare Cullen and Evan Morgan},
 booktitle = {Installation Proceedings of the International Conference on New Interfaces for Musical Expression},
 day = {21-23},
 editor = {Georg Essl and Brent Gillespie and Michael Gurevich and Sile O'Modhrain},
 month = {May},
 publisher = {Electrical Engineering \& Computer Science and Performing Arts Technology, University of Michigan},
 title = {Cor Cordis},
 year = {2012}
}