Here is an episode! Synchronizing and organizing citizens' biosignals for global artistic inspiration
Vilelmini Kalampratsidou, Georgia Koutiva, Katerina El Raheb, Marina Stergiou, Pandelis Diamantides, Akrivi Katifori, Yannis Ioannidis, Philia Issari, Eugenia Georgaca, Evangelia Karydi, Dora Skali, Antigoni Apostolopoulou, Nikos Papadopoulos, Panos Gkiokas, Virginia Vassilakou, Yannis Pappas · 2024
This work presents the design and development of a methodology investigating the ways that data deriving from human-embodied social experience can be synchronized, curated, and organized to be provided to artists for inspiration and integration in their creations. Given the new media artists’ increased interest in utilizing biosignals in their art-making, we experiment with data collected through wearable technologies during sociodrama sessions -public discussions between residents of selected communities facing social issues- from the participants’ embodied experience. While we consider biosignals to provide valuable insight into the unspoken communication that took place, they are framed by descriptions of the locals’ perspectives, interactions, and behaviors as observed by the sessions’ facilitators.