Eunoia

"Eunoia" is a performance that uses a commercial brainwave sensor (EEG) to manifest the artist's current states into sounds. It means 'beautiful thinking' in Greek ('good' + 'mind').

NeuroSky brainwave headset and custom-written software are used to musicalize the artist's brainwaves data in response to her current states. During the performance, the custom code calibrates the volume, pitch, and panning of the sound associated with the artist's varying 'Attention' and 'Meditation' values detected from neurofeedback data. As a result, the sound produced from speakers creates vibrations on the water to correlate with the intensity of the artist's mental states.

The motivation behind this performance was to achieve inner calmness, having control over the artist's consciousness and thoughts. The goal was to reach a moment of complete stillness so that no sound could be heard and no vibrations could be seen on the water.