Art-Science Residency
Shifting perspectives through art and neuroscience

In an increasingly digitized world, we are saturated with external signals while growing estranged from visceral rhythms. Sensors capture heartbeat and breath, transforming interoceptive signals into a live mechanical orchestra.
Artist
Sounak is a multimedia artist captivated by the experimental use of media and technology in art. He explores the deeper philosophical and metaphysical implications of technology and human existence in contemporary culture and contributes to developing pedagogy and mentorship to blend speculative tools and techniques for new media storytelling.
Scientist
Olivia is a social neuroscientist, post-doc researcher in psychology and social neuroscience at La Sapienza University of Rome. Her research explores how our internal, visceral signals – heartbeat and gastric sensations – profoundly shape how we navigate the world, perceive others, and make social choices. Her work seeks to unravel the intricate dialogue between body and mind, revealing how internal states guide connections we construct with ourselves and others.
Static N Spirit (II) is an interdisciplinary art project in which I investigate how internal bodily rhythms—particularly heartbeat and breathing—can be translated into an external, sensory experience in the form of a sculptural sound installation
In an increasingly digitized world, we are saturated with external signals while growing estranged from the visceral rhythms that shape our embodied sense of self and connection. Yet amid this outward stimulation, we remain guided by interoceptive signals—subtle internal cues that help maintain physiological balance, emotional regulation, and intuitive, preconscious social bonds.
In an increasingly digitized world, we are saturated with external signals while growing estranged from the visceral rhythms that shape our embodied sense of self and connection. Yet amid this outward stimulation, we remain guided by interoceptive signals—subtle internal cues that help maintain physiological balance, emotional regulation, and intuitive, preconscious social bonds.nd of consciousness. Exploring the friction between biological existence & industrial mechanization, sensors capture heartbeat & breath rate, activating custom DIY mechatronics to generate live orchestra. The work invites participants to experience their own bodily processes through a non-human, mechanical form and thus to reflect on the relationship between body, technology, and identity.

Art exhibition and symposium
2-4 October 2026
Waag Futurelab, Amsterdam
Free entrance

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