肉媒体 MEATMEDIA

脑电站
Brain Station
2011
TASML Pilot Project

Project Team:
肉媒体：吴珏辉、邵鼎、汪丰、郭浩云
清华大学神经工程实验室：洪波、张丹、胥红来、郑霄
MEATMEDIA: Wu Juehui, Shao Ding, Wang Feng, Guo Haoyun
Institute of Neural Engineering: Hong Bo, Zhang Dan, Xu Honglai, Zheng Xiao

Medium:
脑机接口（Brain-Computer Interface）、半透明外壳、发光体、穿戴系统
Brain-Computer Interface, Translucent shell, Light source, Wearable system

我们探索“脑能”在新媒体艺术中的基因排列，架设个体、群体、生命体、非生命体间的“情感接口”，尝试身体─脑─媒体之间的游戏规则，最终呈现为“脑电站”系列作品。
生物的潜意识流只能在脑的黑匣子里封闭涌动？我们尝试“点燃”脑，使意识的微弱波动增幅并赤裸呈现 。
在 前沿脑机接口（Brain-Computer Interface）的链接下，个体生物能转化为光电能， 头脑被异化为灯泡，成为可见光辐射源。受抽象声波干扰个体情绪后，脑机接口捕捉脑部意识的反馈，最后映射到灯泡的明暗变化。随着情绪波动而变幻的光，也在 个体周围结成辐射性的情绪力场，由此完成输入与输出、感性与理性之间的能量的链式反应。
该项目是TASML（清华大学艺术与科学中心媒体实验室）的试点项目之一，是艺术家与科学家的一次头脑对接。在此，脑机接口不但是一种物理接口，更是一种跨领域的意识接口。

We explore the possibility of using“brain power” in new media art by constructing “emotional interfaces” between the individual and the group, the organism and the non-organism, in experimentation of a game among body — brain — media.
Is the subconsciousness of the living organism only confined to spaces of the mind’s black box? We attemp to ignite the mind, by amplifying the weak brainwaves and translating them into real-world events.
On the basis of the cutting-edge Brain-Computer Interface (BCI) technology, the biological energy (the electrical activities of the brain) is transformed to a photovoltaic energy: the brain activity is expressed by a light bulb, an emitting source of visible light. When the individual’s moods are affected by abstract sound waves, the BCI captures the reactions of the mind, and projects the brain activity to a light bulb. The light intensity of the bulb changes in accordance to the individual’s mood, forming an emotional force field surrounding the individual, further impacting upon his/her mood. In this process, a chain reaction of energy transfer between input and output, sensibility and sense is established.
“Brain Station” is not only one of TASML’s (Tsinghua Art & Science Media Laboratory) pilot projects, but also an interface between artists and scientists. Here, the brain-computer interface is beyond a physical interface: it is an interface of consciousness between different disciplines.

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