Towards a Sensation

Last September, I reached out to one of the artists mentioned by Dr. Sara Diamond, during her visit to Singapore for the ArtxTech Canada @SG event.

His name is Maxime Michaud and he is from Canada.

When I found his website online, I decided to contact him if there would be any chance that I could ask him a view questions about his work.

A few days had passed before I finally got his reply. Surprisingly he was eager to help me out. Even offered to come to Singapore if there is the opportunity. We then emailed back and forth for a bit to discuss the best option for him to share his work.

However, I pitched the idea to my lecturer and I still haven't got any response. Nevertheless, I still asked him a view questions to help me clarify my curiosity.

Attached below is the email I sent to Maxime, including the questions I'm curious about.

Within days, he replied to me that he will try to answer my questions within the next two weeks. He also offered to share his Master's thesis. However, he reminded me that it would be in French and I have to translate all of it to understand more.

The project that I was intrigued is called 'Towards a Sensation' (It might be a miss since it was translated from French). Basically what he did was he experimented with the idea of relaxing – by recording his brainwaves activity and heart rate, translating them to colorful visuals, sound, and vibrations, via complex algorithms.

Here is a short video to show what he was doing.

As I am typing this, I am still waiting for his latest reply. Until then, I can only attach his own website to allow everyone who is interested to learn more about it.

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