In their performance art installation two professors challenge participants to explore unspoken, visual communitcation For the last year, two professors from UCLA have been inviting people to take part in one of the most interesting conversations of their lives. The most recent setting was at a technology and art convention in Slovenia. In a darkened room two people each wore a ceremonial crown that resembled a fluorescent octopus, which covered brain-wave–reading electrodes attached to their heads. But the strangest part? The participants never uttered a word to each other. Welcome to “Octopus BrainStorming,” a participatory performance art installation that combines the technology of neuro
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