RP002 - HEXAQUATIC ENTROPY (32-BIT)(TBA)
25_P002 - (RE-)WIRING REALITY (TBA)
24_P004 - WAVEBAND INTRUSION (TBA)
23_P004 - DO YOU EVEN SPEAK GAUSSIAN?
22_P006 - OHNMACHT
21_P005 - ISTANBUL DELIRIUM
20_P002 - ADBUSTING
24_P004
WAVEBAND INTRUSION
COMMISSIONED BY NXP SEMICONDUCTORS
Scanned, measured, and sonified before you can say no.
Waveband Intrusion makes your body’s secrets impossible to hide.
A commentary on the non-consensual use of biometric data in the everyday context.
PLACEHOLDER VIDEO
ARTIST STATEMENT:
"Waveband Intrusion" transforms the invisible reach of electromagnetic waves into tangible sound and light.
You cannot opt out — your body becomes the instrument the moment you enter.
The work draws attention to the silent, constant extraction of biometric data in contemporary life, where consent is often reduced to a procedural checkbox rather than an informed choice. Through the sonification of presence, heartbeat, and breath, the installation turns intimate, internal rhythms into a shared, spatial experience. This is both poetic and unsettling — a choreography of forced participation, where personal data becomes the raw material for public spectacle.
I want to confront the point at which technological enchantment turns into technological intrusion.
PROJECT DESCRIPTION:
Visitors are intercepted by radar-triggered “gates” at the exhibition’s entrance. The system detects motion regardless of intent, transforming it into layered harmonies played through embedded speakers. The soundscape grows as more bodies pass through, turning involuntary detection into a communal composition.
Using advanced mmWave medical sensors, four pillars capture micro-movements caused by heartbeat and respiration. Each pillar projects the data as synchronized light and sound:
Heartrate → A low red glow and pulsing audio track, mapped to individual heart rates.
Breathing Rate → A soft blue illumination and inhalation sound, matching the visitor’s breathing rhythm.
INTEGRATION & CONCEPT:
Visitors are intercepted by radar-triggered “gates” at the exhibition’s entrance. The system detects motion regardless of intent, transforming it into layered harmonies played through embedded speakers. The soundscape grows as more bodies pass through, turning involuntary detection into a communal composition.
INSPIRATIONS:
Surveillance Studies - Shoshana Zuboff’s “Surveillance Capitalism” informed my thinking on the commodification of personal data and the historical contexts of watching.
Critical Design — The installation borrows from Anthony Dunne & Fiona Raby’s approach: using designed objects and interactions to provoke ethical reflection rather than solve problems.
Bodily Awareness & Datafication — The fascination (and discomfort) of hearing one’s heartbeat and breath amplified in public draws from both medical or personal environments and performance art traditions (e.g. Tehching Hsieh, Marina Abramović).