Bio Mapping

Submitted by Benoit Bordeleau on Mon, 07/14/2008 - 09:58

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Bio Mapping est un projet de Christian Nold dont le but est de reproduire graphiquement les sensations vécues en milieu urbain. Un dispositif recueillant des données sur le réflexe psychogalvanique des participants ainsi que des coordonnées GPS doit être porté par des participants qui iront déambuler dans des lieux spécifiques afin de mieux comprendre les réactions du sujet face à l'environnement. Les informations recueillies sont ensuite transférées sur des cartes géographiques, notamment Google Earth, et des pics y sont tracés selon la réponse psychogalvanique du participant enregistrée à un endroit précis. Ce projet pourrait éventuellement servir, selon l'artiste, à repenser notre rapport à l'espace et être utilisé afin de concevoir différemment la ville. En plus de consulter des sites référant au projet Bio Mapping, l'internaute pourra visiter une foule de pages concernant d'autres projets de l'artiste, son curriculum vitae ainsi que des dossiers de presse.

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The central notion of Bio Mapping is that we can make better sense of our own body data than a disinterested observer. By recording our own body's bio data along with our geographic location we can review the information and make meaningful decisions about our life. Furthermore those close to us both physically and socially may have a certain interest in how we interpret our environment. By allowing people to make active choices about how to share this intimate yet ambiguous data we not only create radically new social relations but we also change our own perception of ourselves from being at the mercy of these nearly invisible technical systems to becoming their master. This process in turn suggests a whole range of new technologies that invert the control paradigm of biometric technologies. (http://www.biomapping.net/what.htm)

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« "GSR Physiology: Easily measured and relatively reliable, GSR has been used as an index for those who need some measurable parameter of a person's internal 'state'. As in EEG, there is not a clear understanding of what the measures reflect. Physiology, the GSR reflects sweat gland activity and changes in the sympathetic nervous system and measurement variables. Measured from the palm or fingertips, there are changes in the relative conductance of a small electrical current between the electrodes. The activity of the sweat glands in response to sympathetic nervous stimulation ( Increased sympathetic activation ) results in an increase in the level of conductance. There ia a relationship between sympathetic activity and emotional arousal, although one cannot identify the specific emotion being elicited. Fear, anger, startle response, orienting response and sexual feelings are all among the emotions which may produce similar GSR responses." - Taken from Bio Medical.com website »

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