Visitors are invited to sit at a small table in the center of the gallery and place their hand on a heart pulse sensor. As the sensor calculates their heart rate in real time, the viewer watches a projection-mapped timelapse of clouds rolling by in the sky move in relation to how fast or slow their heart pulse is.
With this work I wanted to create a way to slow down the viewer and make them aware of their heartbeat by visualizing the the heartbeat outside of the body and in relation to their surroundings. I also allude to the idea of time’s ability to heal. The healing power of time is something that’s been rolling around in my head as I get back to my prepandemic routines and have been processing other grief/loss over the past few years (re: parent’s divorce, losing loved ones).
The origins of this work have been percolating since I was in residency at the Bemis Center back in 2015, where I experienced the grand Midwest skies of Nebraska. I’m thankful to finally have put the pieces together and released it into the world. In future iterations I would love to push the scale of this work even more.
Installation view
Heart pulse sensor (Detail)
