DOUBLE HEART
Polytech Festival
Gorky Park, Moscow, Russia, 2017
DOUBLE HEART is a pneumatic roundabout that collects heartbeats from random people and transforms them into a collective soundscape.
The large 8-shaped architecture is designed to be squeezed between trees in Gorky Park. Special sensors measure and compare the heartbeats of different visitors, revealing the endless variability of these rhythmic patterns. The beats are transmitted in real time by an integrated polyphonic sound system. DOUBLE HEART absorbs the frequencies of human bodies and seeks possible compatibility between strangers and beloveds, questioning the match as atonal repulsion or natural attraction.
The final configuration of the installation was decided during a public workshop taking place one week before the festival at ZIL Cultural Center / Культурный центр ЗИЛ.
Artist
Marco Canevacci and Yena Young (Plastique Fantastique)
Curator
Anna Titovets Intektra
Project manager
Ksenia Lukina
Workshop participants:
Аксёнов Дмитрий, Анисимовец Анастасия, Байбурина Земфира, Боброва Полина, Воробьева Тамара, Зайченко Наталия, Коваленко Анастасия, Коваленко Ульяна, Крылова Ольга, Кузнецова Ольга, Лесникова Ольга, Мусрепов Анвар, Нефёдова Ксения, Орехова Наталия, Осипова Дарья, Поляков Виктор, Пучкова Александра, Ремнёва Ольга, Родичева Дарья, Соколов Дмитрий, Хестанти Аля, Ходжамамедова Мяхри, Шарыгина Дарья
Special Thanks
Marco Barotti
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