Video work using biometric signals (GSR, ECG), semantic input, Max/MSP, and TouchDesigner | 00:05:16 | 2025

Noosphere explores how dreams-fragmented, fleeting, and deeply personal- can be transformed into shared digital landscapes through the convergence of AI, biometric sensing, and generative visual systems. Grounded in subconscious studies and speculative futures, the work reimagines dreams as evolving data structures rather than static narratives. Participants wear GSR and ECG sensors that translate emotional and physiological rhythms into sound via Max/MSP, then into visuals through TouchDesigner, layered with semantic descriptions of dream content. The resulting immersive environment reflects shifting emotional states between calmness, anxiety, wakefulness, and dreaming. Treating the subconscious as a system that can be externalized and archived, Noosphere reconstructs dream fragments into a fluid, collective architecture of light and sound. It envisions consciousness as a shared, living archive—where emotion and technology converge to turn private perception into a space of connection rather than control.

Lili Shen is a London-based artist whose work explores the intersections of interaction design, data visualization, and embodied experience. Her practice examines how technology reshapes physical and emotional states through dream research, biometric tracking, and immersive environments. Using tools such as AI, TouchDesigner, and VR, she transforms fragmented physiological and semantic signals into generative audiovisual landscapes, revealing the tensions between intimacy, visibility, and digital mediation in contemporary life. Her recent research centers on the concept of the Noosphere—the collective layer of human consciousness—reimagining dreams as shared digital sanctuaries. In Noosphere II: Collective Veil, she constructs “soft architectures” from biometric data and dream semantics, visualizing emotional states as speculative futures. Shen has exhibited in the UK and internationally, with features in Artist Talk Magazine and Al-Tiba9 Contemporary.