Scholar and curator, Anastasia Chernysheva guides us through the history of biofeedback art from the 1960s to the present, and provides an overview of the main approaches to live representation of biological data (video, sound), and an outline of the possible developments and challenges of this hybrid art-science practice.


About the instructor:

Anastasia Chernysheva (MA, University of Illinois) is a scholar and curator exploring the topics of experimental music and biofeedback art. Having a background in the history and philosophy of science, Anastasia attempts to reconcile the principles of the scientific method with the praxis of artistic expression. As a Research Fellow of the Gray Area, she’s been working on the Biofeedback Art-Research-Practice Network, an inaugural event series introducing a newly established network of artists, researchers, and scholars exploring the intersection of biological data and artistic expression with particular emphasis on the sonic domain. As an Associate Researcher at UCLA Berry Gordy Music Industry Center, she continues researching the history of biofeedback therapy and artistic applications of the technique – particularly prominent in the Bay Area from the 1970s to 1990s.

Date: August 2nd, 2 pm

Format: in person

Tickets: https://www.indexical.org/events/2025-08-02-biofeedback-music-history-of-biofeedback-art
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Artist and researcher, Barbara Nerness leads a hands-on biofeedback music workshop with three types of EKG devices and techniques for heartbeat sonification.

About the instructor:

Barbara Nerness is an artist, researcher, and PhD candidate at Stanford's Center for Computer Research in Music and Acoustics (CCRMA), also pursuing a Certificate in Composition. Her research focuses on brain dynamics measured by EEG during music improvisation, and she also writes, performs, and improvises multichannel music using sounds of the body (heartbeat, breath, brainwaves), field recordings, guitar, and electronics. Barbara enjoys collaboration, especially projects investigating the body, surveillance, and technological subversion. She has performed throughout the Bay Area and Los Angeles, as well as the Brooklyn Academy of Music, ZKM, and the Sonic Arts Research Centre. She holds an MA in Music, Science, and Technology from Stanford University and a BA in Mathematics from UC Berkeley.

Date: August 3rd, 2 pm

Format: in person

Tickets: https://www.indexical.org/events/2025-08-03-making-biofeedback-music
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