We unite everyone under one common theme: human emotions. We believe in a brighter future where scientific progress is not a menace but a meansto a society where everyone can express freely the feelings that he/she/it was born with and be helped, included, cured and allowed to grow, give and share. This Solarpunk exhibit illustrates DNA sequences of genes related to human hormones which are linked with positive emotions (love, joy, rush, relief). A moving cursor traverses randomly a DNA sequence and music is produced according to each visited letter code. This digital artwork was constructed to be accessible by everyone through a highly controllable and user-friendly interface with visual and auditory elements. Every visit offers a roaming to a different emotion. You keep trying until you get the one state you are seeking…
Panos Kakoulidis is a Bioinformatics PhD student in National and Kapodistrian University of Athens. He has a total ten years of working experience in the tech industry, at first as a Software Engineer in Mobile/Web Development & Human Computer Interaction projects and during the last 4 years as a Research Engineer in AI projects. He enjoys live concerts, parties, exhibitions, travelling, books, movies, exercising, playing piano/tennis and learning new things. He loves creating art with technology.
Giorgos Skoufos is a PhD candidate at University of Thessaly in the fields of Computational Biology and Bioinformatics. Besides Biology, Math and Computer Science, he enjoys making digital art projects by mixing algorithms, programming and intense sounds. Both are living in Athens, Greece.