Epizoo
This video shows the relationship between human body and technology, where the audience can interact with human body and give him pleasure or punish. there are many external device attached in the artist´s body so that the user can control them. The individual part of the body will react accroding to the users input which is shown in the given video
"The Epizoo performance enables the spectator to control Marcel.lÌ's
body by means of a mechatronic system. This system comprises a body
robot, which is an exoskeleton worn by the performer, a computer, a
mechanical body control device, a vertical projection screen, two
vertical lighting rigs and sound equipment.
The orthopaedic robot mechanism is held to the body by two metal
moulds, a belt and a helmet, into which the pneumatic mechanisms are
fitted. These mechanisms can move Marcel.lÌ's nose, buttocks,
pectorals, mouth and ears while the artist remains standing upright on
a rotating circular platform during the performance. The pneumatic
devices are in turn connected to a system of computer controlled
electro valves and relays. An exclusive application with an interface
similar to a videogame is run by the computer. Its eleven interactive
scenes include several computer generated animated sequences that
recreate the figure of the artist and indicate the position and
movement of the mechanisms. In this way the user can control the
lighting, images and sound as well as the artist's body by using the
mouse." [1]
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[1] http://www.marceliantunez.com/tikiwiki/tiki-read_article.php?articleId=27