MDAP
Biofeedback project that generates audio and visuals through
body movement, brain waves, heart rate, and breathing data.
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About
Engineer Mario D. Alvarado combines experimental practices, biofeedback sensors, musical composition, and audiovisual performance in his hybrid projects. He is a musician, composer, and creative programmer who merges technology and art to create music based on body movement, brain waves, heart rate, and breathing. Using software algorithms and biofeedback sensors, he transforms the human body and its biological processes into musical-visual pieces. His project, MDAP (Mindfulness Data Audiovisual Project), allows users to explore their role as composers and creators, leading to various effects such as sound therapy, mindfulness, and psychomotor exploration.
Recent Presentations
Workshops / Presentations / Exhibitions.
Mutek Festival, Neurofeedback Lab Masterclass Mexico City, Mexico • Mediations Biennale, Beyond Code and Time Venice, Italy • Neurofeedback Lab, Avant Dev Mexico City, Mexico • Coaxial Arts Los Angeles, USA • Sydney Fringe Festival, Tu Casa Mi Casa Sydney, Australia • Art, Design and the Community Masterclass, California State University Los Angeles, USA • Galería Contrast Barcelona, Spain • Festival Flamenc-On Santa Coloma de Gramanet, Spain • Kunsthalle, California Dreams Hannover, Germany • 8sixa Amsterdam, Netherlands • OT301 Amsterdam, Netherlands • World Design Capital 2024 Finalist Event, The Rady Shell at Jacobs Park San Diego, USA • Centro Cultural Tijuana, CECUT Tijuana, Mexico • Centro Estatal de las Artes, CEART • Tijuana, Mexico • Blackbox Tijuana, Mexico
PORTFOLIO
Selected Work
Mutek Festival
Mexico City - Mexico
Mediations Biennale
Venice - Italy
Mediations Biennale, Beyond Code and Time
Performance & exhibition in Venice, Italy at the Grand Opening of Pavilion 0/4 Beyond code and Time organized by Mediations Biennale Foundation, Sep 10, 2022.
World Design Capital Finalist Event
San Diego, USA
World Design Capital Finalist Event
Performance at Rady Shell at Jacobs Park celebrating on San Diego - Tijuana being selected as a finalists for the upcoming World Design Capital 2024. Our performance was based from the letter E as for 'experimental' from the word HOME where Haydeé created sound collages and the MDAP project created music and visualizations generated by the brain activity, heart pulses, and body movements..