"I wanted to make an analogy between my experience and memories to a continuous stream of fabric. I struggled to unravel the complete structure of the dress to overcome the tangled emotions of the past."
NUE
"NUE" (누에: Silkworm in Korean) is an installation and real-time sound performance generated by the artist's brainwaves.
The inspiration came from the silkworm's life cycle and its metamorphosis. Park, wearing a 150 meter (490 feet) white dress, transforms the physical space of 4DSOUND (12m x 20m x 5m sound structure) into a cocoon.
A custom-built mobile application receives brainwaves (Concentration, Mellow, Alpha, Beta, Delta, Theta and Gamma) from the Muse EEG headset via Bluetooth and sends OSC data messages to the 4DSOUND system. Driven by the artist's brain data, a soundscape unfolds that encompasses the audience in the cocoon's unraveling white fabric. Based on the artist's current state during the performance–whether she is focused, distracted, or meditative–the sonic textures either melt together or fall apart.
"NUE" was created with 4DSOUND team as part of the artist-in-residence program. The performance was premiered in Hague, The Netherlands for TodaysArt Festival 2015.Sound Designed by Salvador Breed & Stijn Van Beek (4DSOUND)
Lead Creative Technologist: Jihyun Lee
Photos by Georg Schroll and Jan Rijk
Year: 2015
Dimension: 40ft x 65ft x 16ft (4DSOUND), 500ft custom white dress
Duration: 40min
Medium: Muse brainwave headset, custom-build mobile iOS App, Ubisense movement tracking sensor, Computer (MaxMSP, Albeton), 4DSOUND system (black columns, grid, 48 omnidirectional speakers, 9 subs)