Art & Technology | Kai Speidel

Team prototype during Br4in.io BCI Hackathon

＊ Br4in.io Hackathon 🥉 3rd Place

Collaboration with g.tec (EEG hardware sponsors). We built a pipeline that transforms lived states (e.g. intense focus vs. relaxation) into personalized generative artwork. Raw EEG segments → band‑power feature extraction across canonical frequency ranges → semantic labeling of the experiential context → frequency‑weighted prompt modulation for Stable Diffusion image synthesis. Each image becomes an imprint of a cognitive / affective episode—neuro‑physiological traces mapped to visual texture.

For further context see the LinkedIn write‑up: LinkedIn Post →

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Br41n.io g.tec LinkedIn post

Audio Visual Coding Environment

This creative coding project was developed during my exchange at Nanyang Technological University of Singapore (NTU) and focused on creating an immersive audio-visual experience. The installation was interactive, allowing viewers to influence the visuals through their movements. These movements dynamically shaped both the tonality and tempo of the accompanying sounds, while the visuals responded in real time. It was an exciting and rewarding project, as it allowed me to use my technical programming skills in a creative way.

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Explorations in AI Generated Art

In this project, I had the opportunity to explore the capabilities of Runway GenAI with the goal of creating a fully AI-generated short film. Special thanks to Ina Conradi Chavez, who guided me through this creative process. While this project was quite different from my usual technical curriculum, I thoroughly enjoyed applying my skills in such a creative and innovative way. The complete project workflow and methodology are detailed in the accompanying slide deck.

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