EYE RESONATOR: A NAKED AESTHETIC EXPERIENCE
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A NAKED EXPERIENCE. 

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NAKED = 
A PRIORI
  • NAKED EXPERIENCES ARE NON-REPRESENTATIONAL AESTHETIC JOURNEYS THAT EXPLOITS VIEWER'S SOMATIC INTRINSIC BEHAVIOURS. 
INTERACTIVE ECOSYSTEM
 ↑ NAKED
  • AN INTERACTIVE ECOSYSTEM AFFORDS DYNAMICITY WHERE ACTIVE INTERVENTIONS CAN HAPPEN IN VIEWER'S EXPERIENCES. NAKED EXPERIENCES ARE USING THIS POTENTIAL TO DRIVE SOMATIC BEHAVIOURS. 


↓NAKED
SELF-REFLEXION

  • NAKED EXPERIENCES ARE DESIGNED TO MAKE VIEWERS CONSCIOUS OF WHAT THEY ARE DOING WHICH IS LOOKING STRAIGHTFORWARD REFLECTIVELY; A WAY TO SELF-ANALYSIS AND SELF-REFLEXION.


AROUSAL~
EYE MOVEMENT 
  • IN EYE RESONATOR AROUSAL IS MEASURED THROUGH PUPIL DILATION AND A BEHAVIOURAL MODELLING BASED ON VIEWERS' EYE MOVEMENT. 
  • BOTH, INHERENT AND CONTROLLED EYE MOVEMENTS CONTRIBUTE TO THE LEVEL OF VIEWER'S AROUSAL. 

<PLEASURE
>BOREDOM

  • IN THE EYE RESONATOR THE JOURNEY OF VIEWERS ENCOMPASS A BROAD SPECTRUM OF STATES FROM PLEASURE TO BOREDOM.

A JOURNEY OF 
SELF-REFLEXION.

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SWARMING =
AROUSAL +/- 
  • IN EYE RESONATOR SWARMING IS AN AUDIO-VISUAL FEEDBACK LOOP DISPLAYED ON THE EYE-RESPONSIVE DISPLAY THAT INTELLIGENTLY REACTS TO VIEWER'S STATE OF AROUSAL. 
  • THE SWARM FOLLOWS VIEWERS' EYE-MOVEMENTS AND CONSTANTLY REVISES ITS RELATIONSHIP TO VIEWER BY CHANGING THEIR LEVEL OF CONTROL. 
  • SUBSEQUENTLY THIS  RESULTS IN A CHANGE OF THE SWARM'S AUDIO-VISUAL PATTERN.   
SWARMING 

  • SWARMING  IS A COLLECTIVE BEHAVIOUR OF INDEPENDENT ENTITIES ACTING TOWARDS A UNITED AIM.  
SWARMING ≠ 
MIRROR
  • EYES RESONATOR DOES NOT AIM TO MIRROR VIEWERS' AFFECTIVE STATES (LEVEL OF AROUSAL) BUT TO GUIDE THEM TOWARDS A BALANCED STATE OF CONTROL AND RELAXATION.
BIRD FLOCK  =
INSECT SWARM
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FISH SHOAL  =

PLANKTON SWARM
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  • VIEWERS HAVE STRONG SENSE OF CONTROL 10/10
  • VIEWERS NEED STRONG FOCUS TO CONTROL 3/10
  • VIEWERS NEED TO FOCUS TO CONTROL 6/10
  • VIEWERS' EXPERIENCE  IS CONTROLLED 1/10

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EYE RESONATOR Credits 

EYE RESONATOR  IS A PROJECT BY BRIGITTA ZICS IN COLLABORATION WITH JOHN SHEARER | VISUALISATION PROGRAMMING AND GRAPHICS ENGINE: GAVIN WOOD | SOUND COMPOSITION WITH ADAM PARKINSON | CURATORIAL FRAMEWORK / FICTIONAL INTERLUDES EXHIBITIONS ARE A COLLABORATION BETWEEN GABI ARRIGONI AND BRIGITTA ZICS.
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