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In this project, HeadSpace, the performer’s live EEG data is used as a control signal, focused on the naturally occurring octaves (frequency doubling) within the EEG signal spectrum. As a means of sonifying the brainwave signals, they will be mapped into a sequence of audible frequencies through live coded sound synthesis, and stepped through a modulating harmonic series derived from Schumann resonance frequencies. The two domains (EEG and the Schumann resonance) essentially overlap in the electromagnetic spectrum, posing an interesting synchronicity and thought experiment.
Through this pairing, manipulated by live-coding 40 individual synthesizers and programmatically mixing the signals in real time, the work brings 2 omnipresent but hidden phenomena together in a soundscape narrative of biofeedback in play with atmospheric feedback.