Shared Pulse V1 is an artist-led installation that transforms heartbeat signals into a shared sensory environment. Using sound, light and material movement, the work allows participants to encounter their own internal rhythm alongside others, not as data to be analysed, but as a presence to be experienced.

The project does not interpret or classify physiological signals. Instead, it creates a condition in which something normally private and involuntary becomes perceptible, spatial and collective. Participants hear heartbeat as sound, witness subtle shifts in light and observe movement in materials, such as water, driven by their pulse.

The experience is open and non-instructional. There is no feedback or defined outcome. Meaning is not imposed, but emerges through attention and perception. The work redirects attention toward the heart and holds a condition in which it can be noticed, shared and experienced.

This project was funded by Loughborough University’s Impact Acceleration Account from the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council.

Image and video credit: © Aquifer Film Studio