Flight, Musical Expression and Virtuosity

Location

King Building 321

Document Type

Presentation

Start Date

4-28-2017 1:30 PM

End Date

4-28-2017 2:50 PM

Abstract

Wearable sensor technology and aerial dance movement can be integrated to provide a new performance practice and perspective on interactive kinesonic composition. SALTO (sonic aerialist electroacoustic interface), a new musical interface for collaborative works in the aerial arts, demonstrates an initial design for and investigation into the capabilities of such a system. The system incorporates aerial dance trapeze choreography/movement, sensors, and digital synthesis. The software design of SALTO, done in the MaxMSP programming environment also considers parameters and mapping techniques for translating the performer’s perception of the sound during a performance to the viewer. Splinter (2016) for aerial choreographer/performer, SALTO, and Myo Armband, highlights the expressive qualities of the system in a performance setting.

Keywords:

interactive systems, digital synthesis, sensors, gesture data and recognition

Notes

Session I, Panel 3 - Artistic | Transformations
Moderator: Jan Cooper, John Charles Reid Associate Professor of Rhetoric & Composition

Major

Technology in Music and Related Arts (TIMARA); Cinema Studies

Advisor(s)

Peter Swendsen, Computer Music & Digital Arts
Grace An, French; Cinema Studies

Project Mentor(s)

Peter Swendsen, Computer Music & Digital Arts
Henrik Sundt, Norwegian Network for Technology, Acoustics & Music (NoTAM) Studies

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Apr 28th, 1:30 PM Apr 28th, 2:50 PM

Flight, Musical Expression and Virtuosity

King Building 321

Wearable sensor technology and aerial dance movement can be integrated to provide a new performance practice and perspective on interactive kinesonic composition. SALTO (sonic aerialist electroacoustic interface), a new musical interface for collaborative works in the aerial arts, demonstrates an initial design for and investigation into the capabilities of such a system. The system incorporates aerial dance trapeze choreography/movement, sensors, and digital synthesis. The software design of SALTO, done in the MaxMSP programming environment also considers parameters and mapping techniques for translating the performer’s perception of the sound during a performance to the viewer. Splinter (2016) for aerial choreographer/performer, SALTO, and Myo Armband, highlights the expressive qualities of the system in a performance setting.