INNER STATE
2026
Interactive Audio Video Installation
Developed during Presentation & Exploitation class
The INNER STATE project is an interdisciplinary masterclass project that operates at the intersection of media art, technology, and body awareness. At its core is the translation of physiological bodily signals into audiovisual experiences. Through the use of a piezo microphone, bodily processes, such as heart rate, are made visible and audible in real time. This creates an immersive installation in which inner, mostly unconscious bodily states are expressed through sound and light. The project aims to create a sensory connection between humans and technology. Participants experience how their own bodily signals have an immediate impact on sound and image.
In TouchDesigner and Ableton Live, the captured signals from the piezo microphone are translated into visual and auditory parameters. In TouchDesigner, organic, changing forms are created, while in Ableton, the
synthesizer soundscape is modulated. Thus, image and sound react directly to the body data of the participants or performers.
Technique
TouchDesigner – Visualization, Parameter Control through Audio Input Signal
Ableton – Synthesizer Control via Envelope Followers
Piezo Microphone – Input Signal for TouchDesigner + Ableton
DodekaOTTO / TV – Display Area
Exhibited
2026 – Projektevernissage, USTP, St. Pölten
2025 – DodekaOTTO Workshop, USTP, St. Pölten
Credits
Concept & Development by Constantin Politzer, Vanessa Riedmüller, Valentin Steiner, Simon Winkler and Flora Zotlöterer
TouchDesigner: Vanessa Riedmüller & Valentin Steiner
Ableton: Valentin Steiner
Graphic (poster) by Constantin Politzer
DodekaOTTO by 3e8.studio
Image 2 by Felix Betzenbichler
Image 3-6 by Vanessa Riedmüller
