this video is on Raphael Lozano-Hemmer, whom i plan on presenting on for my AD406 final. This piece is an interactive installation where the heart rates of members of the public are detected by sensors and converted into water waves in a ripple tank. A light show is created by the resulting waves and their interaction. To participate, insert your finger into one of the four cylinders on the side of the tank or put your hands flat on the front panel; the computer will detect your pulse and activate a solenoid which will hammer your heart rate onto the tank. I like this idea cause we usually or at least i usually related water ripples to large vibrations and since the human heart is unable to be heard or fealt from great distances, Pulse Tank is able to make our heart rates visually tangible.

Evan Behmer