Bodymaps: artifacts of touch (the sensuality and anarchy of touch)

P R O C E E D IN G S 72 Bodymaps: Artifacts of Touch is a computer interactive sound and video installation. The piece uses a specially designed sensor surface embedded with 15 electric field sensors, which operate very much like 15 theramins, and 8 force-sensitive resistor sensors, which detect touch, pressure, and the amount of force applied to the surface. These sensors lie beneath a white velvet surface upon which are projected images of the artist’s body. The surface yearns for contact and touch. Its rule base is complex and subtle, impossible to decode. The effect is disturbing, erotic, sensual, and subjective. Bodymaps: Artifacts of Touch