AN INSTALLATION
OF 100 HUMAN
HEARTBEATS

Exhibitions

Hearts

About

The Matter of The Heart is a collection of local hearts: 100 people and their real-time heart beats. Wherever they are now, together or apart, far away or near the artwork, their hearts will remain in one space, flashing together, in perfect time with their real life heartbeat.

The curation of a community, expressed purely through the live heart-beat data of local people. It is an expression of a place's societal networks, and a demonstration of the collective power of community. As an audience member you're invited to walk among the flashing hearts, like a graveyard of the living, to allow the interconnectivity of life to light your path.

Initially commissioned by the Light Up Lancaster, Quays Culture, Oldham and Barnsley Bright Nights,

Created by artists and designers, idontloveyouanymore, The Matter of The Heart is a celebration of the human spirit, and a reminder of the power of community.