Abstract
The QuantumSound Suits are an innovative technological solution for creating sounds from movement. Made in collaboration with contortionists, a multidisciplinary team designed custom body-painted silicone suits embedded with flexible sensors. A healing sound artist mapped the tones of the eleven sensors to movement, animating the physical motion and providing sonic feedback of body’s position. This is an exploration of real-time movement notation and human activity recognition of body location in space.
Chapter PDF
Similar content being viewed by others
Keywords
References
Anderson, L.: Home of the Brave (video). Lumivision (1986)
Anderson, L.: Stories from the Nerve Bible: A Retrospective, pp. 1972–1992. Harper Perennial, New York (1994)
Coniglio, M.: MidiDancer (1989), http://www.troikaranch.org/mididancer.html
Yamaha Miburui (1990), http://www.yamaha.co.jp/design/products/1990/miburi/
Paradiso, J.A., Eric, H.: Expressive footwear for computer-augmented dance performance. In: First International Symposium on Wearable Computers 1997. Digest of Papers, pp. 165–166. IEEE (1997)
Mulder, A.: Human Movement Tracking Technology. Report 94-1 of the Hand Centered Studies of Human Movement Project. Simon Fraser University, Burnaby (1994)
Winkler, T.: Making motion musical: Gesture mapping strategies for interactive computer music. In: ICMC Proceedings, pp. 261–264 (1995)
Siegel, W., Jacobsen, J.: The Challenges of Interactive Dance: An Overview and Case Study. Computer Music Journal 22(4), 29–43 (1998)
Rubin, S.: Crucible Fashion Show Lights it Up. SF Chronicle (January 7, 2013)
Author information
Authors and Affiliations
Editor information
Editors and Affiliations
Rights and permissions
Copyright information
© 2014 Springer International Publishing Switzerland
About this paper
Cite this paper
Neidlinger, K., Ju, W. (2014). Sound Bending – Talking Bodies Quantum Sound Suits. In: Marcus, A. (eds) Design, User Experience, and Usability. User Experience Design for Diverse Interaction Platforms and Environments. DUXU 2014. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 8518. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-07626-3_56
Download citation
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-07626-3_56
Publisher Name: Springer, Cham
Print ISBN: 978-3-319-07625-6
Online ISBN: 978-3-319-07626-3
eBook Packages: Computer ScienceComputer Science (R0)