brain–messenger

Erika Mondria (AT)

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Wed Sep 8, 2021, 2:00 pm - 3:00 pm
Wed Sep 8, 2021, 5:00 pm - 6:00 pm
Thu Sep 9, 2021, 2:00 pm - 3:00 pm
Thu Sep 9, 2021, 5:00 pm - 6:00 pm
Fri Sep 10, 2021, 2:00 pm - 3:00 pm
Fri Sep 10, 2021, 5:00 pm - 6:00 pm
Sat Sep 11, 2021, 2:00 pm - 3:00 pm
Sat Sep 11, 2021, 5:00 pm - 6:00 pm
Sun Sep 12, 2021, 2:00 pm - 3:00 pm
Sun Sep 12, 2021, 5:00 pm - 6:00 pm
All times are given in Central European Summer Time (CEST / UTC +2).
Linz, Ars Electronica Center, Main Gallery

Your digital brainwaves turn into messages with the neuro-interactive BCI-device brain-messenger. Our brain communicates via electrochemical signals. Nowadays, brainwaves can already be measured wirelessly and precisely in a few seconds using high-end neurotechnologies. Unconscious reactions to the outside world are unavoidable for most people. The neurointeractive application brain-messenger uses this human characteristic as a marker while measuring your brain activity. Your unconscious reaction to images is transformed into a “brain message to the world”. Via an electrode cap, your bioelectrical brain signals are recorded, digitalised, interpreted and sent as a digital message within a few minutes. Is it love ❤, anger or happiness 🤞🏻 that we unconsciously choose for ourselves? Could what are still technological experiments in laboratories today end up on our mobile phones tomorrow?

Credits

Erika Mondria is a certified mental trainer, an art-based researcher and cultural scientist. As a researcher, her interests are in the effects of new technologies on mental and physical processes and their manifestations within artistic scenarios. She develops physically transformative brain-(organ)-machine interaction methods based on art, neuroscience, and cultural studies.