BiOMerror

BiOMerror (formerly titled Bioadaptive Mirror) imagines a future in which human physiology is experienced rather than measured. Instead of reflecting physical appearance, the installation transforms invisible biological rhythms into an evolving visual portrait.

Standing before a monumental digital mirror, visitors encounter a living abstraction generated from breathing, heartbeat, movement and subtle physiological dynamics. Rather than producing numerical feedback or medical information, the installation translates the body's continuous activity into luminous colour fields, flowing particles and slowly transforming geometric structures.

The work proposes a different relationship between technology and self-awareness. Physiology becomes an artistic material, inviting contemplation instead of analysis. The mirror no longer reproduces identity—it visualizes presence.

Originally conceived in 2015 during research into bioadaptive environments, physiological computing and immersive perception, the installation remained unrealized as a physical artwork. In 2026 the concept was digitally visualized using generative image and video models to communicate the original artistic vision.

Its visual language extends themes developed throughout Hannes Bend's practice, including CircUlaR, SEAing Breath, Smile of Breath, ECLIPSE and later bioadaptive AI research.