Marc Simon Frei, Altdorf

By measuring brain waves with a special headset, a lamp can be turned on and off using the power of thought.

This work bridges innovation and consciousness: using a special headset, Brainwave measures the brain’s electrical activity. What usually remains hidden – thoughts, focus, or fluctuations of attention – here becomes directly perceptible: a light switches on or off solely through the power of thought.

The project invites us to marvel at the intersection of technology, body, and mind. It raises questions: What does control mean when the mind itself becomes the switch? How does our relationship with technology change when we no longer rely on hands or voice, but on neural signals as an interface?

The series includes photographs of the headset and its connected apparatus alongside the lamp – images that appear both technical and intimate. Between shadows, wires, and light, a new language emerges: one that makes the invisible tangible.

Brainwave is more than a demonstration of technological potential; it is a work about attention, intention, and the threshold between inside and outside – about the moment when a thought becomes visible.