Artist and researcher, Barbara Nerness leads a hands-on biofeedback music workshop with three types of EKG devices and techniques for heartbeat sonification.

Barbara Nerness is an artist, researcher, and PhD candidate at Stanford's Center for Computer Research in Music and Acoustics (CCRMA), also pursuing a Certificate in Composition. Her research focuses on brain dynamics measured by EEG during music improvisation, and she also writes, performs, and improvises multichannel music using sounds of the body (heartbeat, breath, brainwaves), field recordings, guitar, and electronics. Barbara enjoys collaboration, especially projects investigating the body, surveillance, and technological subversion. She has performed throughout the Bay Area and Los Angeles, as well as the Brooklyn Academy of Music, ZKM, and the Sonic Arts Research Centre. She holds an MA in Music, Science, and Technology from Stanford University and a BA in Mathematics from UC Berkeley.