Argo (2017)

Argo is a music installation launched in June2017 It will last Jacopos lifetime Jacopo Baboni Schilingi wears a special device conceived to measure his breathing 24 hours a day 7 days a week based on technology developed by David Kuller through his company My Air A dedicated computer and algorithm constantly monitor the incoming data the length of Jacopos breaths total volume of his last 10 seconds to 1 minute of breathing breath rate rib cage expansion and compression etc The data transmitted and interpreted live from the device creates a symbiosis between technology and the most fundamental intimate process of a humans life breathing For the first time this device allows us to witness and comprehend an existential version of the present Converting this into semantic functions it generates endless music