Welcome to the Lotus project.
An art installation exploring emotions through light and sound.
Recorded electrodermal activity (EDA) & Heart Rate (HR) signals from Hugues (the designer working on the project).
About Lotus: An interactive art installation bringing emotions to the center
What happens when we can project our emotions externally through light and sound? Will we be able to shift our emotional state more consciously? Can we increase emotional awareness through the interaction? Can we move more fluidly through emotional states when presented with a physical representation?
During the art installation, visitors will be able to see their emotional coherence reflected in light and sound projected onto a large-scale lotus flower. Emotional coherence will be collected using EDA and HR via Emotibit, a small wearable device that visitors will wear on their wrist.
An early-stage demo of the installation in TouchDesigner. Connected Hugues’ heart rate to light pulsation to see how that works.
How do you measure emotional coherence?
TLDR: Currently using Emotibit, a wearable biometric device, to measure and reflect emotional coherence for this project.
Initially, I was going to use HearthMath, a biofeedback device company that has spent 30+ years teaching people how to measure and master emotional coherence. But their devices required too much individual user onboarding for an art exhibit. I needed something open-source, with API access and zero onboarding to keep the experience as seamless as possible for visitors. Consumer-grade products were seamless but not open source. That’s when I landed on Emotibit.
Origami iterations of the demo lotus flower
