Short clips from the TouchDesigner particle system driven by filtered EEG bands—each loop reflects how band energy reshapes scale, turbulence, color, and luminosity over time.
Project Description
This project explores how EEG data can drive a morphing particle system, transforming brainwave activity into a dynamic visual language. Inspired by organic, nebula-like generative forms, the experiment investigates how neural signals can be translated into aesthetic behaviors and used to represent shifting states of consciousness.
The system maps five brainwave bands—Delta, Theta, Alpha, Beta, and Gamma—to visual parameters including scale, turbulence, color, particle size, and glow intensity. For example, high Delta expands the form, Theta increases distortion, Alpha shifts the color toward blue tones associated with relaxation, Beta adjusts particle behavior, and Gamma enhances luminosity. This mapping matrix becomes a rule system that connects neural states with artistic meaning.
Built entirely in TouchDesigner, the workflow filters and transforms EEG data into responsive particle behaviors, allowing the form to continuously reshape over time. The project also compresses longer EEG recordings into short animations, translating 10 minutes of brain activity into a 10-second generative visual sequence.