BrainloopJanez Janša (SI)

performance video documentation, 2006

Brainloop is an interactive performance platform that utilizes a Brain Computer Interface (BCI) system which allows a subject to operate devices merely by imagining specific motor commands; a neural synapse occurs but the actual movement is blocked at the corticospinal level. Motor imagery such as "move left/right hand" becomes non-muscular communication and control signals that convey messages and commands to the external world.

In Brainloop the performer – without physically moving – investigates urban areas and rural landscapes on Google Earth. Through motor imagery, he selects locations, camera angles and positions and records these image sequences in a virtual world. In the second half of the performance, he plays back the sequence and uses Brainloop to compose a custom soundtrack by selecting, manipulating and re-locating audio recordings in real time into the physical space.

Produced by: AKSIOMA – Institute for Contemporary Arts, Ljubljana

Co-produced by: VisionSpace, Department of Information Design FH Joanneum / University of Applied Sciences, Graz; Institute for Knowledge Discovery, Laboratory of BCI, University of Technology, Graz

Janez Janša (SI)

Janez Janša is a conceptual artist, performer and producer working and living in Ljubljana, Slovenia. His work has strong socio-political connotations and is characterized by an inter-media approach. Janša has exhibited worldwide. As artist-in-residence he lectures and leads workshops at universities and contemporary art institutes.He is the artistic director of Aksioma – Institute for Contemporary Art, Ljubljana.