The Pendulum Always Swings Back to Stillness
Conflux Festival
Bilateral Attention Stimuli
2018
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As a mindscape artist, i delve into the intricate dynamics of mind and attention within our increasingly phygital world.
This light and sound pendulum emerges from my explorations into how sensory stimuli can shift our attention from side to side—a process also known as bilateral attention stimuli. During my artistic experiments, participants showed an enhanced ability to access and process specific memories from the past, a phenomenon resonant with EMDR (Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing) therapy. In an effort to isolate and deepen the understanding of this bilateral attention mechanism, i designed this pendulum to guide the audience’s focus from one side to the other, aiming to induce a trance-like state with potential reprocessing effects.
What do you observe when your mind moves in sy nchrony with the oscillating rhythm of light and sound?
Commissioned by @confluxfestival
Credits:
Mechanical Construction: @jorisstrijbos
TouchDesigner: @jronalxndrmjer & @loesteunissen
Sound Design: @jronalxndrmjer & @loesteunissen
Conflux Festival
Bilateral Attention Stimuli
2018
As a mindscape artist, i delve into the intricate dynamics of mind and attention within our increasingly phygital world.
This light and sound pendulum emerges from my explorations into how sensory stimuli can shift our attention from side to side—a process also known as bilateral attention stimuli. During my artistic experiments, participants showed an enhanced ability to access and process specific memories from the past, a phenomenon resonant with EMDR (Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing) therapy. In an effort to isolate and deepen the understanding of this bilateral attention mechanism, i designed this pendulum to guide the audience’s focus from one side to the other, aiming to induce a trance-like state with potential reprocessing effects.
What do you observe when your mind moves in sy nchrony with the oscillating rhythm of light and sound?
Commissioned by @confluxfestival
Credits:
Mechanical Construction: @jorisstrijbos
TouchDesigner: @jronalxndrmjer & @loesteunissen
Sound Design: @jronalxndrmjer & @loesteunissen
“The past affects the present, even without our being aware of it.”
— Francine Shapiro (Inventor of EMDR)
Hardware
Custom Cylinder Fixture, High Lumen WW CW LED Panel, Compact Rear-mounted Speaker, DMX USB Hub, RTX 3070 Laptop
Software
TouchDesigner, Ableton