Developing an "Antigenous" Art Installation Based on a Touchless Endosystem Interface

Antigenous is an immersive interactive installation model where the full-body gestures of the audience-participant, generate, interact with and modify the sonic expressions and the post-image impressions emanating from the interaction processes itself. The work is a metaphoric representation of the antigenous reaction caused by a foreign body invading an organism the installation is composed of a touchless interface based on sensorial receptor technology. The receptors act as a reagent to the intruders’ presence and actions, and the system’s antibodies, comprised of melodic and verbal sonoric elements create a dialogue that transit between chaotic and harmonious synchronization, evoking sonoric elements based on a sensorial pre-human, human and post-human repertoire. As an endo-instrument which is “played” without any physical contact, a systemic dialogue is created between contemporary electronic music, distorted environmental sounds and people`s active gestures, momentarily catapulting the interactors into the simultaneous roles of composer, musician and performer.