Body Mapping the Metropolis #90

2023

Plastic recycling

What senses do we use to perceive a city? First and foremost, it is probably vision. We see houses, streets, transport, residents. Then hearing. Street noises, sounds of nature blend together on the streets of the metropolis. 

This object is the result of analyzing the urban environment with my body. Through my organism, I experienced the specifics of the surrounding space. The object inherits the form of my heart rhythm, captured in real time by an apple watch during a walk by the Ohta River. This segment of rhythm corresponds to the place on the route chosen by me, where my heartbeat was particularly strong.