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Yoon Chung Han
Media Artist & Interaction DesignerYoon Chung Han is an interactive media artist, award-winning interaction designer and educator. Over the past ten years, she has created a wide range of interactive 2D/3D audiovisual art installations including biologic art, data visualization and sonification, generative art, and audiovisual interface design. Her recent research focus was on multimodal interactions using body data, in particular on creating a personalized experience in media arts using biometric data visualization and sonification. Her works have been presented in many international exhibitions, conferences and academic journals such as ACM SIGGRAPH Art gallery, Japan Media Arts Festival, London Science Museum, Media City Seoul, ZKM, NIME, ISEA, ACM Multimedia, ACM SIGCHI, IEEE Vis, and Leonardo Journal.
“Eyes” is an interactive biometric data artwork that transforms human iris data into musical sound and 3D animated imagery. The project invites audiences to explore their own identities through unique audiovisual experiences generated from their individual iris patterns, using iris recognition and image-processing techniques.
Selected iris images are transformed into 3D-printed sculptures, while the corresponding iris data is used to generate sound and project 3D versions of the images. The experimental system creates a distinct sonic output for each iris, based on visual features such as colour, pattern, brightness and size.
By translating complex biometric data into audiovisual forms, “Eyes” explores new ways of interpreting and experiencing data. Its combination of visually captivating imagery, sound and interactive elements creates a personalised and multisensory experience, while introducing a subtle uncanny quality.
The project also explores how biometric data can reveal individual narratives and become a form of personal expression. Each iris generates its own “sonic signature”, opening up new possibilities for interaction between art, science and technology.
