This project, entitled BPM, looks to represent the human body through the creation of an auditory and visual experience. The project uses recordings of human heartbeats with the intention of creating an experience that is both universal and extrinsic. The goal of BPM is to provide a sonification of the human body which is intimate as well as abstract.

         The process of creating BPM involved the compilation of recordings of human heartbeats into a sound collage. When creating the sound collage an effort was made to prevent the heartbeats from syncing with one another; instead, the decision was made to have the heartbeats out-of-phase, in order to maintain their autonomy and create an organic rhythm.

         Alongside the audio, an animation provides a visual representation of the individual heartbeats. Elements of the animation, such as the color of the waveforms, the shape of the waveforms, and the white border have been designed to mimic the aesthetic of medical heartrate monitors. Visual references to medical heartrate monitors have been included to further promote the biological origin of the auditory components of the work.