George Khut
2006-2012 Touring Taiwan, China, Australia,
The Heart Library
This major interactive work is designed for presentation in hospital or health care settings, schools and art galleries. It combines interactive, heart rate controlled audio-visuals.
Emotional changes in the heart-rate are used to influence the colour and sound of ceiling mounted video projections. Participants see their own body as if floating above them—like a reverse out-of-body experience. The imagery gets redder as the heart rate gets faster, bluer as the heart rate slows down. After their interaction with the video, participants can contribute a response to the work in the form of a hand-drawn experience map. These contributions constitute ‘The Heart Library’—a celebration and reflection of the body as a living experience, imbued with feelings, memories and imagination
These drawings are created by participants after their interaction with The Heart Library’s interactive video projection during the 'Wonderland' exhibition at the Museum of Contemporary Art in Taipei.
The exhibition includes all the key elements: biofeedback interaction, experience-mapping and past video interviews. For the show we used A4 format body-map templates. Over 1000 drawings created by the participating public have been exhibited alongside the digital installation. |
Export projects
Wonderland
Museum of Contemporary Art Taipei 2012 Touring: The Heart Library Collaborators: George Khut with David Morris-Oliveros, Caitlin Newton-Broad, Greg Turner & Jason McSweeney Strange Attractors ZendaiMOMA, Shanghai 2006 Touring: Drawing Breath Creators: George Khut, John Tonkin The work allows up to 3 participants at a time to interact with their own breathing patterns, revealed by the breath-sensing belts worn around the chest. Biennale of Electronic Arts, Perth
2007 Touring: Cardiomorphologies Creators: George Khut with Greg Turner, Lizzie Muller, Eva Fernandez In this interactive work participants can observe and experiment with modifications of their breathing, heart rate and psychophysiology, as revealed to them through the audio and visual components of the installation. |