Nino Basilashvili creates interactive installations through which she allows people to experience a deep sense of connection. Her installations take the form of performances in which collectivity and new media play an essential role. Her work often incorporates biofeedback technology, using live data to provoke responses from participants and create a real-time feedback loop.
As a researcher at Creating 010 a knowledge center of the Rotterdam University of Applied Sciences she explores the intersection of collective well-being and new technologies.
After fleeing Georgia for the Netherlands at a young age, Nino’s exploration of connection has become central to her creative practice. Her installation HEARTSYNC, for example, uses heart rate data to synchronize the physiological rhythms of a group.
My vision is one of a connected society that focuses on its similarities rather than its differences.
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20 sept. Fairy Ring Chorus – *Ambient Garden ConcertLet yourself be immersed in an evening where music, mindfulness, and movement come together in nature at @Rozenburg.
Collaboration with Rafaele Andrade and Cosmic Bride Tickets
(Only NL) “Voor ‘Fotosynthese’ koppelen we kunstenaars Mandy den Elzen en Nino Basilashvili aan componist Nuno Silva en muzikanten Andrej van Braker (Cello), Anneke Attema (contrabas) en Claire Adams (zang/viool). Als hommage aan de Bredase plantkundige Dr. Jan Ingenhousz.”
(Only NL) “In de donkere grote zaal zitten mensen in een kring. Ze dragen een hartslagmeterclip in hun oor. Software vertaalt het tikken in beelden, die voor hen op de vloer worden geprojecteerd. Het zijn cirkels, bij elke slag dijen die even uit. Alsof er een steentje in het water is gegooid. Al die hartslagen worden uiteindelijk met elkaar verbonden…”
(Only NL) “In ere van grootste design-evenement van Noord-Europa: de Dutch Design Week heeft Humberto Tan ontwerpers te gast. Vandaag zit Nino Basilashvili aan tafel, samen met hoogleraar cognitieve psychologie Mariska Kret. Nino heeft een visuele opstelling gemaakt, waar in de hartritmes van deelnemers langzaam maar zeker synchroon gaan lopen.”
New and final version of HEARTSYNC coming
Heartsync is entering a new chapter. In this renewed version, participants are once again invited to sit together, breathe, and share their heartbeats.
Featuring a circular vibrating platform that adds physical resonance, new light and sound compositions, and smarter real-time data processing in collaboration with a data analyst. Everything is designed to deepen the experience — making it tangible what it feels like to truly attune to one another. Afterwards, participants can view their own heartbeat data and see how their rhythm related to that of the group.
Starting in fall 2025, Heartsync will tour festivals, museums, and other special locations across the Netherlands. At the same time, a scientific research project is underway at Leiden University, led by psychologist Mariska Kret.
HEARTSYNC in the main hall of Poppodium Effenaar. A live session where the real-time heartbeat data of the participants is visualized.
When we experience connection, our physiology reacts with synchronization. We are mostly not consciously aware of this phenomenon. By stimulating it, we realize our deeper connection and new possibilities open up. Imagine a society that can utilize this!
The artwork Moving Forward was developed during the AI4FUTURE residency, a project by Creative Europe. The result is an interactive digital artwork that explores the balance between freedom and control in public spaces.
AI4Future is a Creative Europe’s project which involves three different European countries: Italy, Spain and Netherlands. It aims at enhancing the understanding and dissemination of AI related technologies for the active and creative participation of young activists to the European cultural scene, allowing them to work with artists for a joint creation of a new urban community awareness.
(Only NL) “Ze is geen autonoom beeldend kunstenaar, maar ook geen toegepast ontwerper. Het werk dat Nino Basilashvili maakt, zit eigenlijk net tussen deze disciplines in…”
DRIFT returns to Carré for an unique tour in which visitors will walk through the public and backstage areas of Carré. As part of the tour realtime interactive installation Heartsync will help the group synchronize so that they can let go of their ego and be in the moment and experience to the fullest.
Close your eyes, your heart rate is being measured and you start breathing in the same rhythm as a group. Let’s experience together what it looks and feels like to synchronize…
Did you know that regulating your own heart coherence can result in more coherence in a group? Research on heart synchronization and group coherence by HeartMath Institute. Did you know that your breath can change your state of mind? Research on the effect of breathing techniques by The Art of Living Foundation.
The Art of Living Foundation is a non-profit organization that provides breathing and meditation courses. They are known for their unique breathing technique, the S.K.Y breath (Sudarshan Kriya).
Your state of mind has a major effect on your breathing, but did you know that it also works the other way around?
When your breathing changes, your state of mind changes. With this live and ‘real-time’ data installation, artists Nino Basilashvili and Mitchell van Dis immediately show this connection.
An interactive installation about AI in the public space. If you know what AI knows about you, will your behavior change? The more data the AI collects from you and the other participants, the better it can predict your next step.
It has now become more evident than ever that we as humans are intertwined. What is happening on the other side of the world has an effect on us, here and now. This effect is explored in an interactive projection which uses the symbol of the interference pattern.
(Only NL) Nino Basilashvili is één van de 4 finalisten van de VPRO Tegenlicht Pionierswedstrijd genaamd Touching Technology. Koert van Mensvoort en Lonneke Gordijn maken de winnaars bekend.
