Performance, TouchDesigner, 2023
This performance piece explores the intersection of human physicality, digital representation, and biometric data. At its center, a performer is scanned in real-time by LIDAR technology, transforming their physical presence into a dynamic point cloud visualization.
Each point in the cloud was assigned unique physics properties, creating a responsive digital embodiment that exists in dialogue with the performer's actual body. During the performance, an array of biosensing tools captured the performer's physiological data, including heartbeat, temperature, electrodermal activity (EDA), and skin conductance response (SCR).
These biometric readings were used as live control parameters in TouchDesigner to manipulate the point cloud's behavior and appearance. As our conversation unfolded during the performance, the digital representation responded in real-time to the performer's changing physiological state—creating a visual externalization of internal processes normally hidden from view.