Time art Ideas

Bio-art

I've always had a interest in biology, particularly the human body and it's processes. Because this has something that I've liked for a long time, I want to incorporate this subject into my time art work. All biological process happen simultaneously and mostly automatically for/ in certain amounts of times.

Fight or Flight

My first idea is displaying someone possibly standing up, which a situation, such as a horror movie playing, playing in the background (which will require a green screen). On the second screen will be one of the body's responses to this situation, for example because it's a horror movie the person may be scared, so there will be a image of the pupil dialating and/or hairs raising on the arm. On the third screen there will be a heartbeat and possibly a heart? Which will increase because the person is scared. These three things will happen at the same time. Every 20 or 30 seconds the situation will change where we will see the heart beat decreasing and the body responses and the person is more relaxed ( maybe the person would be sleeping?). This is a reflection of the fight or flight response theory, where our body acts quickly to certain situations.

Body reaction

I want to show how the body reacts to certain situation in relation to the brain, and movement rather than on my first idea, focusing on homeostasis bodily changes. On the first screen some one will get hurt (maybe stub there toe or put their hand on something hot), which will be shown in slow motion. The middle screen will display what happens inside the brain showing pulses down to that area, this wont be shown in a realistic way, almost in a more animation like manner. In the middle screen there could possibly be timer included to show how fast the response is. Then the third screen will show the response, including their facial reaction. This will all be done in slow motion. I am unsure yet if I will sure a variety of situations/responses.

Breathing

On the first screen there would be a clip of someone appearing out of darkness and putting their face into a clear box of water, so the camera view will be taken from below so you can see their whole face. The second screen will reflect whats going on inside the body, maybe words appearing showing how they are feeling, and what there mind is going through as they increasingly start to panic. The first screen will show the person from a different angle, so when they start to breath out you can clearly see the rate of bubbles escaping from their mouth and nose, this can be shown in slow motion. These will all occur at the same time, until the person withdraws at the end, and then the loop starts again. On the middle screen there could possibly be a timer again, to show how long the person is holding their breath ect.