Integrated into one of the windows of the Stavanger City Terminal’s window section (Norway), Biosensor registers people passing and initiates an animation loop on the display.
Biosensor takes its name from a biotechnological measuring device for finding traces of explosives, narcotics or bacteria.
The handmade 3×3 m light display consists of 800 LEDs that make up a dual sided screen. A sensor registers people passing the entrance of the City Terminal, and initiates an animation loop on the display. More than a dozen different animations are chosen in random order and shown 24 hours a day. When nobody is passing through the entrance, or the building is closed, a resting pulse is shown – an animation resembling a pulsating heart.
All the animations are based on video clips from nature.
The work can be interpreted both as a reminder of the surveillance society and as a contemplative element for travelers in a busy leg of a journey.
By artist Hege Tapio, in collaboration with Jens Laland.