In Securities

Featuring | Nemø Ensemble sponsorship

Performance notes autonomous set-up in open space

Tags | Twitter | installation | network | multimedia

"People who were exposed to fewer emotional posts (of either valence) in their News Feed were less expressive overall on the following days, addressing the question about how emotional expression affects social engagement online."
| Adam Kramer et al. - Experimental evidence of massive-scale emotional contagion through social networks

In Securities is a continuous multimedia installation designed to create an augmented reality "mirror on the wall," reflecting ourselves as analyzed and presented through the lens of the network.
The installation furthermore explores the concept of the online network as a resonating chamber for the user's emotional state. The setup identifies, through machine learning, basic emotions from participants who can freely present themselves, triggering live commentary inline with their feelings through a live-streamed Twitter feed, which echos through the installation space.
In Securities is the second of three Twitter-based works, alongside Twitter Philosopher and Node.