Nora Gibson's "Intrinsic" is a multi-channel choreographic video work with a soundscore created with electrical brain data, that emboides a quantum perspective on human consciousness

Excerpt from Intrinsic (2024). Run time: 4min 57sec. Nora Gibson: Conception, choreography, programming, dancing, editing, and sound design.

Intrinsic is a multi-channel choreographic video work that presents a quantum perspective on human consciousness. Can we reduce experience to what is classically measurable and quantifiable, or is there a quantum corollary where our body is in communion with itself in a Platonic realm? Through volumetric capture and other custom programming, the body is presented as something both quantifiable and unquantifiable. Intrinsic offers a multi-layered concept of the body, where it exists in non-local planes of diminishing concreteness. The accompanying soundscore was created by using electrical brain data live-fed to a modular synthesizer.

NORA GIBSON is a new media artist and choreographer whose work investigates the body-mind, selfhood, and conscious experience. She makes immersive/interactive video installation, utilizing choreography, sound design, bio-reactive programming, and full dome projection. Her work has been presented by MUTEK, Ars Electronica ,The Society for Arts & Technology (SAT), the Fels Planetarium, Contemporary & Digital Art Fair, and The Hexagram Network . Her work has been supported through an internship with the BIAPT neuroscience lab at McGill University. She teaches dance, dance & technology, and new media.