sonified physiological indicators of empathy
Sonified Physiological Indicators of Empathy is a collection of sound works created from physiological data collected and analyzed for markers of empathetic response to sounds of violence. The subject is outfitted with sensors reading electrodermal activity, breath and heart rate. The subject is then exposed to clips of audio depicting violence in ten second intervals separated by ten seconds of silence. After the data is collected, it is converted into MIDI files which are given synthetic voices. The timbres and textures draw from heavily processed and prepared piano, time-stretched field recordings and sampled human voice. The album is set for release on Cacophonous Revival Records on February 12, 2021.
The full album is available for download here along with high resolution images.
An official press release from Cacophonous Revival Recordings is available here.
All tracks, videos and album art by Jen Kutler. Mastered by Nathan Moody at Obsidian Sound. Physiological sensor system by Erin Gee, http://www.github.com/eringee/BioData.
About Jen Kutler:
Jen Kutler is a multidisciplinary artist and performer based in Central New York State. She modifies found objects that are cultural signifiers of power, gender, queerness and intimacy to create atypical instruments and sculptures. Her performances feature many of her instruments incorporated with immersive field recordings to explore common and discrepant experiences of familiar social tones in immersive sound and media environments.