Cross-modal Performance

By Bruno Mesz and Sebastián Tedesco

Research Student: Juan Cruz Amusategui

The piece it’s a performance where cross-modal glasses are used for the participants to experience the cross-modal effects of sound-taste in wine. The “Cross-modal Glass” is an interactive cup that has capacitive sensors and an accelerometer, which detect specific movements and actions such as the act of drinking, aerating the cup, tilting it, etc. The data collected by the sensors is sent wirelessly to a system that uses them to trigger sounds or activate various actuators.

The device was developed with the aim of being used in performances, works and scientific experiments that explore cross-modal associations (correspondences between the senses). Through these, sound, visual, tactile or olfactory stimuli can modify the sense of taste, as has been demonstrated in numerous publications of empirical psychology.

EXHIBITIONS

Participation in “In Kepler’s Garden – The Garden of Curiosity”. ARS ELECTRONICA Festival, Art, Science and Technology. Linz, Austria, 2020. Access the virtual exhibition HERE.

Amalaya, Malbec´s Day. Bodega Amalaya, Colomé Group. Vico – Wine Bar. Buenos Aires, Argentina. April, 2019.

International Forum of Enological Neuroscience “Brain & Wine”. March 2018. Barcelona, Spain. Symposium organized in conjunction with the University of Oxford, the CenSeS institute of the University of London, elBulli Foundation and INECO.