World, Membrane and the Dismembered Body

Seiko Mikami's piece entitled World, Membrane and the Dismembered Body forces participants to look and hear within. Participants are seated in a room that is soundproof with no echo. The body then becomes aware of the sounds that it is making since the room has no other sounds. The participants are also hooked up to a variety of medical devices that play the body's sounds in an amplified external way. Visuals are also in the room and respond to the noise of heart and lungs. This piece makes people self aware of their body and the sounds it makes, and how intricate the body really is.

Shanken, page 157.