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Discrete Terrain: Windows on Five Emotions (mockup)
2007
 Three-channel digital video installation
5 min 29 sec, with sound, dimensions approx 6ft high x 18ft wide

This work invites the viewer to the inner world of twelve individuals who participated in a study on the brain basis of emotions. Using data from EEG readings of the twelve subjects during five emotional states (anger, joy, fear, sadness, and disgust) 3D animations were created that are visual journeys through emotional landscapes. These are presented as windows looking into subjective terrain. Data by Dr. James Coan, Affective Neuroscience Laboratory, University of Virginia. Sound by Manly Romero.

Interview by WICN 90.5FM Inquiry host Mark Lynch. Eva Lee and Dr. James Coan discuss the making of and inspiration for Discrete Terrain: Windows on Five Emotion, a multi-channel digital video installation exhibited at The DeCordova Museum.
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Made possible in part by the support of The MacDowell Colony.

Digital video installation view of Eva Lee's Discrete Terrain on exhibit at Wadsworth Atheneum museum
Above: Installation view of Eva Lee's 3D digital animation Discrete Terrain: Windows on Five Emotions. Three-channel digital video installation, 5 min 29 sec, with sound, dimensions approx 6ft high x 18ft wide