Alpha Covid-19
EXHIBITED at UN/CUBE online Gallery
The artist is wearing a brainwave sensor that constantly measures her brain activity.
It processes the frequencies, which represent the activity status on a scale, from meditation to attention. When her attention becomes higher than 50%, one tweet becomes visible and readable from the continuously and fast changing sentences. The 50 tweets are selected from twitter feed randomly. At the beginning of the sentence is the name of the twitter user.
On the other hand, the level of meditation controls the visibility of the twitter feeds. When the meditation level is high, the tweets fade away. The video loop mix is based on the real-time incoming data from the sensors. The data coming from the sensor (delta, theta, low alpha, low beta, low gamma brainwaves) are assigned to 5 video-loops. The higher the intensity of the brainwaves, the more visible the corresponding video becomes. The created images are meant to resemble memories, they are not clear, more dream-like. All video loop was created during the artist’s personal journeys.
Both the video loops and the programming was created by Réka Harsányi DLA.
On April 12, 2020, UN/CUBE was spontaneously launched in the midst of the pandemic crisis. We thought that a strong solidarity between artists was more crucial than ever, therefore we invented and utilized a curatorial system that promotes solidarity above competition. We believed, and still do that the art world should be more inclusive and democratic: it should be accessible to a wider audience, and the current, sometimes obsolete means of displaying art should be revised.For this reason, all exhibiting artists at UN/CUBE were also curators of the subsequent shows: they designated the next exhibitors, possible themes and subjects.
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UN/CUBE is completely and proudly non-commercial, non-profit and non-compromised. In the 2 years of the platform's active period, we have organized 9 online shows, with the participation of 39 inspiring womxn artists and collectives. In addition, we hosted more than 10 experimental, online performantive events, exploring and extending the limits of online streaming today.
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A heartfelt thanks to all the wonderful artists, contributors, and friends who made UN/CUBE happen!
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UN/CUBE is completely and proudly non-commercial, non-profit and non-compromised. In the 2 years of the platform's active period, we have organized 9 online shows, with the participation of 39 inspiring womxn artists and collectives. In addition, we hosted more than 10 experimental, online performantive events, exploring and extending the limits of online streaming today.
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A heartfelt thanks to all the wonderful artists, contributors, and friends who made UN/CUBE happen!
