About "Action Potential" -- Exploring Free Will (Torino:Margolis)

"Action Potential" is a new media work that gives voice to human free will.

Volitional movement is produced as a result of conscious choice. For this Interaction Art Incubator project, Torino:Margolis -- together with sound-artist/programmer Lee Azzarello and choreographer/dancer Dana Kotler -- detect this expression of free will and transform it into sound.

Electromyography (EMG), a method of sensing electrical potentials generated during voluntary action, sense a performer's intentional movement. A wireless radio interface transmits that extracted information to software for audio processing. A second performer physically manipulates the connected performer, such that the physiological difference between volitional and non-volitional movement is illustrated through sound and silence.

In this way, "Action Potential" seeks to present and explore human free will.

Visit http://LiveActionPotential.com for more information.

// Torino:Margolis is a performance art team that crosses physical and psychological barriers, using invasive electronics and biomedical tools. http://TorinoMargolis.com //
// Analogous is a not-for-profit committed to Interaction Art. http://AnalogousProjects.org //

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