ERIC PARREN

©ERIC PARREN 2008-2012

NANOFILM (working title)

This project (currently a work in progress) is an investigation into how scientific imaging techniques can be explored as a means to create abstract audiovisual experiences that are rooted in the reality of the micro-world... >>more

OPTICAL AMPLIFICATION

Optical Amplification is a site specific immersive installation consisting of a quadraphonic sound setup, 24 laser modules, a smoke machine and a projector. The installation incorporates neural networks, artificial evolution and Markov chains into an algorithmic composition... >>more

SYNESTHESIA GLASSES

The Synesthesia Glasses are an experimental sensory-manipulation tool that allow the wearer to explore cross-feeding the senses through digital means, by using AR-technology to intervene in reality they create a hallucinatory experience... >>more

THE LAST FLIGHT OF SPACE SHUTTLE ENDEAVOUR

The Last Flight of Space Shuttle Endeavour is a live coding audio performance. It uses the original audio from the official NASA video that documents the launch of the space shuttle Endeavour's last trip to the International Space Station... >>more

UNDULATOR

Undulator is an immersive kinetic installation that explores both the color and reflective properties of light. In similar fashion to Thomas Wilfred's Lumia machines Undulator is a cinematic display that celebrates light in it's purest form... >>more

REINTERPRETING RADIO MUSIC

The Reinterpreting Radio Music Series is a trio of works based around the 1957 composition Radio Music by John Cage. It is a modern day reinterpretation of the piece and its intentions... >>more

JOURNEY TO GLIESE-581G

Gliese-581g was the first ever discovered potentially habitable alien world. What would it be like for humans to travel to another galaxy and start life on an earth-like planet?... >>more

GENEPOOL

GenePool is an interactive installation that explores the topics of artificial life and artificial evolution. There are counteless examples in nature that show us how evolution is a robust and creative process for finding solutions to complex problems... >>more

BREEDER

Breeder is a software application that gives its users the ability to explore the principle of artificial evolution in a playful manner. The software is based on the Biomorph program as proposed by the British evolutionary biologist Richard Dawkins in his book The Blind Watchmaker... >>more