Concept & Background

Flux in your brain is an interactive installation that explores how continuous stimulation has shaped our minds, manipulating our attention, emotions and self image.  In a world of filtered faces and idealised bodies,our vision of ourselves have become distorted, we rely on external validation. For this exploration I use mirror as a space to sense the inner self than the outer self turning it from a passive object into a responsive thinking surface.  It invites viewers to shift focus inward and reclaim control over how they see and feel about themselves. 

It turns real-time EEG signals into micro-vibrations on mirror-grade (8K-finish) stainless-steel plates. It features 10 large vibrating metal plates (122×244 cm), arranged radially . For this project I am  collaborating with Vahid Rustomi, a Computational Neuroscientist. We are extensively working  on it, currently we are in the research and prototyping stage, where I focus on vibration mechanics while Vahid is researching on methods for recording  brain signal data from specific regions of brain. We expect to realise the project by June 2026.

The  viewers  wear a neutral EEG headset and stand about one metre from a plate.  The plates’ exciters (embedded on the plates) will be activated by their brain signals through the headset that they are wearing. The EEG rhythms are taken from the particular brain region and are re-written as sub-audible tremors in an 8K-finish steel sheet. When the mind is restless, the plate shakes gently and the viewers reflection breaks apart like ripples in water. As the mind becomes calm and focused, the shaking stops and the reflection becomes clear again. In this way, we don’t just look at ourselves, we see how our own thoughts change with our own image of reflection on the plates. This interaction shows the shifting thoughts and feelings through the reflection of the mirror- plates.