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ICTUS CORDIS “Variatio” is the first performance in a series of Ictuscordis, where the artist, Januš Aleš Luznar manipulates other peoples heartbeats. In his opening performance he invited guests who are in different ways connected to their body, heartbeats or sound and are active in fields of acting, music and sport: Marko Mandić, Valentino Kanzyani in Natalija Gros. He individually wired their hearts and performed an audiovisual journey based on their heartbeats which gave an individual experience to the guest and also a collective experience to the public.

“Variatio” is exploring the influence of psyhological manipulative

“biofeedback loop” on different profiles of his guests. In addition to that the author was interested in guests reaction on Ictuscordis experience also from their professional perspective, for that reason he conducted a conversation with each guest after their session.

Januš Aleš Luznar will include the recordings from his performance Ictuscordis “variatio” in his upcoming album, which will be based on various wired hearts. The album will be released under Kamizdat label.

Audiovisual dance performance based on the heartbeat of two performers, a choreographer / dancer and a musician. At the forefront of the performative research and staging is the creation of a new space of references, the intersection of science and art in the case of rhythmic coincidence and the synchronization of two heartbeats.

Januš Aleš Luznar uses a specially designed high-sensitivity microphone connected to the mixer and modulating effects to manipulate the heart beat into a rhythmic and harmonic electronic music. The body of the dancer Gyula Cserepes is, however, connected to a heart rate sensor that controls the visual image of the performance.

The audio part of the performance responds to the heart of the musician through sound manipulation and the heartbeat of the dancer triggers the visual content. The authors explore how the presence and the atmosphere of the music performer as well as the movements of the dancer affect each other, and what is the language that their hearts speak. They are searching for a space of synchronicity and harmony.