LIFE INKlusive; Foto: Ars Electronica / Nicole Grüneis

LIFE INKlusive

What happens in our minds and bodies when we are being creative? The LIFE INKlusive project seeks to answer this question.

Participants wear sensors while painting or making music. These sensor
record various bodily functions, such as eye movement, muscle activity, sweating and brain activity. This data is then translated into colors and
patterns, which are displayed on screen during the creative process.
The result are these unique images which demonstrate that creativity has no barriers.

LIFE INKlusive: Participants wear sensors on their bodies while painting or making music, which record what is happening inside their bodies; Foto: Ars Electronica / Nicole Grüneis
LIFE INKlusive: Eye and muscle movements, sweat, or brain activity—data is translated into colors and patterns and made visible during the creative process; Image: Screenshot

LIFE INKlusive is collaboration between Studios for People with Disabilities, University of Arts Linz, Ars Electronica Center and Ars Electronica Futurelab. It is based on the Life Ink research project by Ars Electronica Futurelab and Wacom, in which portable equipment was developed to capture the creative spark in the brain and body. Studio members wore this equipment during their artistic activities.

Find out more about Life Ink on the Ars Electronica Futurelab website.

LIFE INKlusive; Foto: Ars Electronica / Birgit Cakir

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