Hand Hearts
developed 2005
The hand hearts were designed as part of my Masters through the Spatial Information Architecture Laboratory (SIAL) between 2004-2006. They are part of a series of projects that deal with ECG (heart beat) as a medium for connecting people that are spatially dislocated from one another. The Hand Hearts are designed to receive ECG wavelengths that are being detected and transmitted through the Ether Beat garments.
The devices are resin cast hearts – derived from an anatomical model, that are fitted with small motors which vibrate with the received impulse. The hearts allow multiple users to interact simultaneously with a transmitted heart beat. Philosophically, they are designed to question how such devices (that are tuned to receive the biosignal of a remote others) might impact upon remote interpersonal understanding and the emergence of new group ecologies.
Watch film of hearts beating here on YouTube |
