About Perceptrum²
Perceptrum² is the collaborative artistic vision of Dora Motèque and Luciano Ciamarone, exploring the intersection of sound, image, touch, and human perception through responsive environments and augmented paintings.
The name itself is a direct homage to our academic trajectories and shared research interests. Dora, after graduating in engineering, pursued scenography and visual art in Italy, while Luciano, trained as a physicist, dedicated himself to music, psychoacoustics, and software engineering.
Both of us became increasingly interested in how visual and sonic stimuli shape perception and emotional interpretation. This shared background became the conceptual foundation of our artistic practice and ultimately led to the creation of the Sounding Canvas.
Originally meeting in Rome in 2013, we now live and work in Barcelona, Spain, where we continue to develop interactive systems, installations, performances, and responsive artworks that blur the boundaries between painting, musical instrument, interface, and living archive.
Artistic Statement
Perceptrum² is not merely adding sound to painting; we are proposing a new ontological role for painting in a post-immersive era.
Touch as Epistemology
In traditional painting, the body stops at the eyes. In immersive art, the body is absorbed by space itself. The Sounding Canvas proposes a third condition: a physical painted surface where meaning is negotiated through touch.
The Relational Object
Through embedded sensing technologies and responsive sound systems, the painting becomes a relational object: it listens, remembers, reacts, and accumulates histories of interaction. The artwork evolves beyond static representation into a dialogical system.
The Augmented Trajectory
The Sounding Canvas establishes Augmented Painting as a new category between the pictorial tradition and interactive media. Here, the canvas transforms into a responsive medium where semiographic research, sound, physics, and machine behavior converge into a shared language of interaction.
This page functions as a living archive and contextual overview of the Perceptrum² project and its conceptual trajectory.