The EEGsynth
16 March 2019, Brest, France For the occasion of the Brain Awareness Week (Semaine du Cerveau), our friend Nicolas Farrugia has set up the following exciting event using the EEGsynth with the Carol Trio on 16 March 2019 in Brest, France. Musical improvisation is one of the first ways that human beings have found to […]
February 2nd, 2019, at Folkteatern, Gothenburg, Sweden. 1+1=3 was invited to perform at Folkteatern in Gothenburg. Special in this performance was the inclusion of EEG-controlled video-art made possible with a new module (the GeoMixer) made by Robert Oostenveld, in which a single control value (based on the EEG alpha level) is able to control the interaction between three […]
We are proud to announce a set of 1+1=3 performances in Sweden in spring 2019. The first performance takes place at Folkteatern in Gothenburg February 2. You can book your ticket here or here. The performance is divided into two parts and uses new technology and new concepts. Another performance will take place at Kulturhuset […]
In the next post we will talk more in detail about how to use electro-physiological signals to control timing and tempo. But before we can talk more about that, we need to first understand how tempo is implemented in MIDI. In fact, we needed quite some time to figure this out ourselves, so that we […]
Last week Per stayed over at EEGsynth HQ, and we took the opportunity to set him up and do some EEGsynth’ing. Using a new Zoom H6, we were able to nicely record the synth, together with a microphone that picked up Per’s egg shakers. Last time we played the EEGsynth we discovered that shaking those […]
Development of event-based processes in the EEGsynth have been slow. Although we have the sequencer and generateclock (formerly “synchronization”) module, with which many patches are possible, we have a long way to go toward truly creative, flexible and musical patching of events, based e.g. on ECG, EMG muscle-contractions, EOG from eye-blinks, and triggering events such as beats, lights, […]
This weekend, Per and Samon stayed over at my new place. The new place is a big improvement: a lot more space, light and peace in which we can fall inside and engulf ourselves into the noise of our brain. In a “mini-residency”, we were able to get a lot of work done in two […]
We were very happy to work together with old and new friends on an avant-garde interdisciplinary art-science-food event: The Brain Brunch. It’s really hard to explain in words, but hopefully this video below will give you an impression.
A short reflection of how in the last three months we have started to transcend technology, and became art. The last two months have been busy times for the EEGsynth. I had planned this time as a bit of a break between jobs (I will start tomorrow at ICM, Pitié Salpêtrière analyzing inter-cranial recordings in […]
Epsilonia Mix for Radio Libertaire (89.4 FM), by Samon Takahashi, with the voice of Natasha Rosling Samon Takahashi created an exciting mix of music created by brain activity, and/or inspired by neuroscience. It is part of ongoing research Samon is taking into the history of EEG-based (brainwave) music. You can find the playlist and the gorgeous […]
Le Second Square makers fairFebruary 17-18 at Carreau du Temple, Paris We had a great time at Le Second Square, a makers-art fair full of interactive installations, presentations and shows. It was a fund and busy event, also helped by suddenly beautiful weather in Paris. On Friday the 17th, Samon Takahashi gave a presentation on […]
At the finissage for the exhibition “Inget att se här!”, Jean-Louis Huhta presented magnetoencephalography recordings that were made using 306 sensors that picked up his brain’s magnetic activity, while he was laying down and transitioning into sleep. These recordings were done by neuroscientist Dr. Stephen Whitmarsh, who then analyzed oscillatory activity in several frequency bands […]
The EEGsynth is going into a busy phase of development and performance thanks to the hard work by the team since 2013 and a grant by Kulturbryggan. Here are a few of the things that will happen in the spring: From Feb 7-11 we will present the EEGsynth as part of the COGITO project at Techart in Rotterdam. We will […]
Today we shot the EEGsynth in action for the science journal E=M6, a science-education show for children on Metropole Television. The program is a French cultural treasure, running for 25 years and having over 3 million weekly viewers! We are part of a series in which E=M6 explores electricity, centered around the (apparently popular) question […]
At the finissage for the exhibition “Inget att se här!” [Nothing to see here!], Jean-Louis Huhta will present magnetoencephalography recordings that were made using 306 sensors that picked up his brain’s magnetic activity, while he was laying down and transitioning into sleep. These recordings were done by neuroscientist Dr. Stephen Whitmarsh, who then analyzed oscillatory […]
We are very happy to announce that we have been rewarded a considerable Kulturbryggan grant! With this grant we will develop way’s to fuse musician’s brains, furthering our interdisciplinary research in brain-synthesis. Specifically, we will create ways for people to ‘jam’ together, by connecting their EEG to sound equipment. It will allow anyone with a […]
The event started with a brief introduction about the technology that is used as well as the underlying scientific, artistic and philosophical ideas. The three of us also talked about how medical hypnosis changes the allocation of attention and modifies the regular functions of cognitive control. Before the event began, Hernan had hypnotised Jean-Louis. The […]
A performance at the Se2017 conferenceKarolinska Institutet, Stockholm, August 13, 2017 Probing the Mind of Berzelius is an interdisciplinary artistic performance that will take you on a sonic dive into the discovery of selenium 200 years ago. The performance is developed by neuroscientist Stephen Whitmarsh (NL) with musicians Jean-Louis Huhta (SWE) and Samon Takahashi (FR). […]
April 7-9, 2017 For two nights we stayed at the ASTRON radio telescope facility in Dwingelo, The Netherlands to develop the protocols for the COGITO performance envisioned by artist Daniela de Paulis. The primary goal of this meeting was to develop a paradigm in which high quality electroencephalography (EEG) is recorded while the participant is […]
On March 6th we held progress meeting of the Brain Control Club at CRI. We were happy to be joined by the GameLab and by three students from the interdisciplinary program on education technology who were interested in finding ways to include neuroscience in their exciting projects. The slides of the presentations can be found […]
This weekend, 1+1=3 had the opportunity to meet in Paris and spend a day updating each other and working out our plans for the future. Much has happened lately, and many exciting things will happen next year. First music release due in spring We have done the first EEG recordings of what will become the […]
It is 35 degrees outside, and probably even more in my little south-facing studio. So it is with a overheated brain that I am reading a recent communication by Bart Lutters and Peter J. Koehler in BRAIN, titled: Brainwaves in concert: the 20th century sonification of the electroencephalogram. Luckily it is short and sweet, and […]
We have just arrived in Los Angeles, USA, kicking off our USA tour where we will work and perform together, connect with other artists and academics, give talks, host a session at a conference and reconnect with old friends. First of all, we couldn’t have been able to get it all together with the people […]
One option for connecting the EEGsynth software to modular synth hardware is though our own open hardware Arduino-based USB to CV/Gate modules. Another option is to use readily available commercial hardware, such as the Doepfer MCV4, A-190-2, A-190-4, Pittburgh Modular MIDI 3, or Kenton USB-Solo. We decided to give it a try with the Shuttle Control from Endorphin.es. The Shuttle Control is […]
We are very excited to meet other EEG hackers at BrainHack, Paris, February 24-26. Here are the outlines of our 5 minute scientific and artistic pitch: EEGsynth: scientific and development pitch Stephen Whitmarsh & Robert Oostenveld (presenters), Per Huttner & Jean-Louis Huhta We are very happy to be able to present to you the EEGsynth […]
We wish you a very happy new year! We had quite a year ourselves, and the future of the EEGsynth looks very promising indeed. I would like to give a short recap of where we are now, and where we will be focussing in terms of hardware/software development in the next couple of months. It […]
On the evening of October 15, 1+1=3 performed together with Carima Neusser for a small invited audience at Jean-Louis’ studio. Those who have followed the blog will know that for some time we have been developing the possibilities of the EEGsynth to use muscle activity as a control signal for sound synthesis. This was our […]
We had our first EEG-Synthesizer jam with a smoothly working setup! Quite a milestone! In the following video and SoundCloud recordings (removed), you hear several interesting and evocative synthesizer patches created by Jean-Louis that are fully controlled in real-time by the EMG signals from my hand and arm. So in fact, during the recordings Jean-Louis was […]
I recorded a short demonstration of the EEGsynth using real-time recordings of heartbeat (ECG), muscle activity (EMG) and eyeblinks (EOG). Ofcourse the brain is just as possible, but harder to demonstrate on my own. Importantly, we can use any MIDI controller to change parameters in real-time, and use MIDI as a control signal for any […]
With: Jean-Louis Huhta, Stephen Whitmarsh and Per Hüttner August 19 Jean-Louis and Stephen arrive at midnight. Nocturnal swim and discussions about the individual work carried out in preparation for the workshop and what is expected of the days to come and how we can best reach these goals. August 20 Breakfast meeting and planning of […]