Hayles talks of a flux from which our mind and body emerge only to interact in ever-evolving ways.
She tells of an installation piece in which "one user wears a helmet capable of sensing her electroencephalic activity, including alpha, beta, theta, and delta brain waves". The brain waves along with other biological data are collected and the data is used to trigger various things to happen in the installation. For example, the user's brainwaves are converted to midi files and the resulting sound becomes the sound scape of the installation.
This really interested me. So, I searched youtube to see what others are doing with brainwaves and interactive art. Here's what I found:
Nina Sobell at the Getty Center
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