Experimental Feedback System The work establishes a real-time feedback loop between human physiological responsiveness, computational processing, and audiovisual environments. An ECG heart-rate sensor (AD8232) continuously measures the participant’s heartbeat. The signal is transmitted through an Arduino to TouchDesigner, where changes in BPM are processed into three physiological response states. These states dynamically modulate the audiovisual environment rather than functioning simply as measurements of a pre-existing emotional condition. The visual…

Multimedia Performance Affective Encounters of Body, Wonder and Machine presented at Hybrid Festival 2026 at Uferstudio on May 22nd 2026 Artist: Dr. Chang Gao Affective Encounters of Wonder, Body, and Machine Affective Encounters of Wonder, Body, and Machine is a multimedia performance and practice-based experimental human–machine environment integrating physiological sensing, tactile and bioelectric interfaces, kinetic sculpture, audiovisual computation, augmented reality, and generative AI. Rather than positioning audiences as passive spectators,…

Feel My Sensuality Dr. Chang Gao Interactive sculptural installation Presented as part of TECHNOLOGY OF DESIRE: Queer Relations in the Posthuman Age Opening: Friday, March 13 at 6:00 PM SCOPE BLN, Lübecker Straße 43 10559 Berlin Feel My Sensuality is an interactive sculptural installation composed of three ceramic, vagina-shaped forms wired into a shared electrical circuit. Touch activates the light of the clitoris on the sculpture and triggers sound across…

Can You Feel My Diasporic Love? Affective Encounters of Wonder, Body, and Machine 22nd January, 2026 19:00h (CET) alpha nova & gallerie futura (Am Flutgraben 3, 12435 Berlin, Germany) A multimedia performance weaving sound, light, touch, sculpture, AI, and bioelectric systems to explore migration, love, and belonging within landscapes shaped by technology, surveillance, and rising global authoritarianism. By positioning desire and the body as subversive forces, the work stages moments…

Book Launch: Grasp a Seat: imagine noThing until it becomes someThing Thank you for the beautiful book launch at @kulturfabrikmoabit : Grasp a Seat: imagine noThing until it becomes someThing—with witness testimonies and reflections by participants and guests of the Imaginary Institution, marking the first anniversary of the Open Air Museum of Decoloniality at Alexanderplatz (Sept. 2023 – Sept. 2024). I am delighted to have my project and article Desire, AI and…

Performing my multimedia work Can You Feel My Diasporic Love? at Unit 1 Gallery | Workshop was a moment of deep resonance. Created in collaboration with pianist Julien Lee (@julienleeeeee ), it weaves personal stories and societal reflection through sound, visuals, light, and touch, to explore migration and love in landscapes where technology and politics keep reshaping what belonging means. In times of digital networks and rising global fascist trends, art…

On Friday, 19 September at 8pm, I’ll be in London to present my multimedia performance Can You Feel My Diasporic Love? with pianist Julien Lee at Unit 1 Gallery | Workshop at the opening of exhibition We are delighted to announce our exciting collaboration with 𝑼𝒏𝒊𝒕 𝟏 𝑮𝒂𝒍𝒍𝒆𝒓𝒚 | 𝑾𝒐𝒓𝒌𝒔𝒉𝒐𝒑 @unit1galleryworkshop – presenting 𝒲𝒶𝓃𝒹𝑒𝓇𝒾𝓃𝑔 𝒯𝒾𝓁𝓁 𝓉𝒽𝑒 𝒲𝒾𝓃𝒹 𝒲𝒽𝒾𝓈𝓅𝑒𝓇𝓈 ℳ𝓎 ℒ𝒶𝓃𝒹 PV: 19th September 6-9 pm Open: 19th Sept. – 18th Oct.…

We are delighted to announce our exciting collaboration with 𝑼𝒏𝒊𝒕 𝟏 𝑮𝒂𝒍𝒍𝒆𝒓𝒚 | 𝑾𝒐𝒓𝒌𝒔𝒉𝒐𝒑 @unit1galleryworkshop – presenting 𝒲𝒶𝓃𝒹𝑒𝓇𝒾𝓃𝑔 𝒯𝒾𝓁𝓁 𝓉𝒽𝑒 𝒲𝒾𝓃𝒹 𝒲𝒽𝒾𝓈𝓅𝑒𝓇𝓈 ℳ𝓎 ℒ𝒶𝓃𝒹 at PV: 19th September 6-9 pm Open: 19th Sept. – 18th Oct. Wednesday – Saturday 11am – 5pm Unit 1 Gallery | Workshop, Unit 1, 1 Bard Rd, London W10 6TP Participating Artist: Fan Bangyu @fan_bangyu Gao Chang @gao.chang_rca Li Gang @__ligang__ Zhou Gongmo @gongmozhou Feng Mingyue @fififenggg Li Yilei @li_yi_lei_ Yang Qinlin @_qinlinyang_ Yao…

art&dialogue is thrilled to introduce our new art&dialogue board members following our first assembly: Professor Matilde ter Heijne – Founder & Chair Amy Patton – 2nd Chair, Editorial Director Vanessa Gravenor – Secretary Dr. Chang Gao – Communication Director Daniela Salazar – Treasurer Ana Cecilia Breña– Graphic Designer art&dialogue has been active since 2022, continuing the legacy of “ff”(http://fffffff.org/)—founded a decade ago in Berlin. We’re a feminist, artist-run initiative and…

Augmented Reality Interface Organic Access_ Dr. Chang Gao_2024 Augmented reality interface Organic Access successfully selected as part of Steirischer Herbst 2024, the Werner Fenz Grant for Art in Public Space. Vernissage: 27. 9.24 6pm-8pm Exhibition: 28.9.–13.10.2024
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