Biosensors in Art
Lecture by Réka Harsányi media designer
Robert Capa Contemporary Photography Center, 4 February 2015, 6 p.m.
According to the exhibition ‘Imagining Vision’ Réka Harsányi student at the Hungarian University of Fine Arts Doctoral School talks about her research in the field of non-invasive types of biosensors and their possible uses in interactive installations, performances.
The exhibition of the Capa Center and Kitchen Budapest entitled Imagining Vision, opening until 1 March, looks at innovative technologies related to vision and observation from a unique perspective. Through devices that visitors can interact with, the exhibition showcases the available leading technologies and the technological visions of hackers and artists side by side.
The interplay between reality and virtual reality have become more intense with the appearance of today’s next-generation vision related technologies. The innovations – such as Google Glass and Oculus Rift (on interactive display at the exhibition) – are widely known with growing penetration and there are ever-changing new scenarios for using them. These devices are primarily used by advanced users, artists, and gamers. Therefore, the curators of the exhibition Imagining Vision also present gadgets and applications based on the creative approach of early adopters together with the available leading technologies.