Interheart
Interheart is an interactive music and light experience that incorporates one or two viewers’ heartbeats.
When viewers place their hands on the sensors, their heartbeats are detected and they launch a choreographed music and light show. The heartbeats drive different aspects of the light show. For example, at times, flames on each side of the sculpture pulse to that viewer’s heartbeat; at other times, the two heartbeats control pulsating orange and blue dots.
When the two viewers touch each other, they complete a circuit and cause sparks to fly.
Exhibitions
- 2025 • Burning Man, Lost + Found Camp (D & 6:45)
Interheart at Burning Man 2025
Materials
- Laser cut acrylic and 3D printed frame
- Nylon diffuser
- IR PPG sensors
- Laser cut plywood base and hand stations
- Raspberry Pi 4, Teensy 3.2, addressable LED strips
Software
This project was the first use case for my Glowcode framework for real-time interactive projects. More to come about this framework.
Behind the scenes of Interheart: Glowcode framework using Python for real-time parametric control of light effects based on sensor input.