Akitsugu MAEBAYASHI's “Audible Distance” was honoured with a Honorary Mention at the Prix Ars Electronica 1998, category Interactive Art.
Three persons are equipped with a head mounted display and a sensor system and enter a dark five-meter square. In this space, their heartbeats are converted into audible pulses and visible globular shapes of computer graphics, and these are the only signals that make the position of another person perceptible.
About Akitsugu MAEBAYASHI
Akitsugu Maebayashi (JP), born 1965, graduated from Sophia University in 1988 and began involvement in computer music and performance in 1990. He was a participant in several music performances, e. g.
Programme information from Prix Ars Electronica Archive. Short excerpt quoted for reference; see the original page for full text, images and credits.