Touching Affectivity

This installation is a small furry sculpture which sonifies the way it is touched. The creature experiences it’s world through sensors and is made out of conductive fur, which can detect different types of touch, like scratching, petting and tickling. In this installation the participant is touching and examining the pelt of fur while listening to their manipulations’ effects. This work speaks to the hybridization of our bodies, environment and flesh with technology. Aspects of the conductive fur signal like frequency, intensity, signal variance, average deviation and spectral centroid, affects the speed, volume, filters, and the timbre of the synthesized sound. The sculpture will record the way it is being touched and the sounds it is making for research on emotion and sound.