AWARD YEAR
2021
CATEGORY
Body
GOALS
Good Health & Well-being, Balance Human & Artificial Intelligence
KEYWORDS
Meditation, color therapy, well-being, Bio-sensor, innovativ research
COUNTRY
Switzerland
DESIGNED BY
Margaux Charvolin / ECAL + EPFL
WEBSITE
http://www.charvolinmargaux.com/msde.html
Ming Shan Digital Experience
“MSDE” is an immersive installation for Mind-Body-Spirit practitioners.
In collaboration with the Ming Shan Taoist Centre, this research project brings together designers, data scientists and meditation experts to unite digital culture and traditional practices. The system makes use of physiological parameters in a biofeedback loop to generate an acoustic and visual landscape. The meditation environment is then generated by the inner state of all practitioners. The installation aims not only to facilitate individual practice, but also to strengthen shared meditation through collective feedback. Colours produced by the light ring evolve over the meditation phases, and physiological information from sensors generates additional visual and acoustic feedback. The project is looking for more than just individual well-being : the system is designed to induce a group impact.If light provides personal feedback, sound emitted from the different decks combine their vibration to produce a common and global sound inspired by the tones of meditation bowls.