BODYMAPS: ARTIFACTS OF TOUCH

Bodymaps: artifacts of touch is a computer interactive sound and video installation recently exhibited at the Western Front Gallery in Vancouver, April ‘96, Ars Electronica in Lintz Austria from September 2nd to 23rd l996, and at Interaction ‘97 in Ogaki-City Japan March ‘97. The piece uses a specially designed sensor surface, embedded with 15 Electromagnetic Field Sensors which operate very much like 15 theramins, and 8 Force Sensing Resistor Sensors which can detect touch, pressure and the amount of force applied to the surface.


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