He turns his brainwaves into music

Montreal artist Maxime Michaud spends a month at a residency in Seia, Portugal, where he uses his body and his thoughts to make music.
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Maxime Michaud is a transdisciplinary artist from Montreal. And this summer, he's been on an adventure: he spent a month in the small town of Seia, Portugal, as part of an art residency called Residência Artística DME. In the large Casa Municipal da Cultura, which serves as Michaud's temporary studio, he spends his days sitting alone onstage and playing with body sensors and other physiological devices.
In this video, he takes you through a few of them - a brainwave sensor, a heart rate sensor and a machine he devised to capture the actions of his throat. Together, they allow him to compose an audiovisual artwork using the electrical signals from his brain.
As he'll show you here, depending on his brain activity level, the musical and visual motifs of the piece morph and change (with the help of algorithms).
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[@BeanDar]

I have schizophrenia and when I play white noise for my newborn, I can hear beautiful music that isn't actually there... The sad part is I will never be able to listen to each piece of music ever again, as each time it is a new piece of music. I hear something that nobody will ever hear. A truly unique and one-time thing only observable to me.

[@cbcat747]

This is incredible, love love love!

[@jackiejolie2748]

The title amazed and confused me so much.

[@Shsishsgsk]

Itl be nice if I could make edm with this... 🤣

[@aistenoreikaite2601]

Something similar to this? :) ua-cam.com/video/Uhg_BwXZ_Q8/v-deo.html

[@yaospanish]

hello！Can I ask who is this artist，Can I have his twitter？Thank You

[@YellowKing1986]

UUUgh, the color combination at the end is HORRIFYING.

[@mechachrist]

He's not the first. Look up Alvin Lucier among others.

[@lyftinglyfter5101]

This dudes a south park character

[@bryanpedrosa8061]

I only listen to real music.

[@lyftinglyfter5101]

This dudes a south park character