Cutaneous Grooves: Composing for the Sense of Touch

Eric Gunther, Glorianna Davenport, and Sile O'Modhrain

Proceedings of the International Conference on New Interfaces for Musical Expression

Abstract:

This paper presents a novel coupling of haptics technology and music, introducing the notion of tactile composition or aesthetic composition for the sense of touch. A system that facilitates the composition and perception of intricate, musically structured spatio-temporal patterns of vibration on the surface of the body is described. An initial test of the system in a performance context is discussed. The fundamental building blocks of a compositional language for touch are considered.

Citation:

Eric Gunther, Glorianna Davenport, and Sile O'Modhrain. 2002. Cutaneous Grooves: Composing for the Sense of Touch. Proceedings of the International Conference on New Interfaces for Musical Expression. DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.1176418

BibTeX Entry:

  @inproceedings{Gunther2002,
 abstract = {This paper presents a novel coupling of haptics technology and music, introducing the notion of tactile composition or aesthetic composition for the sense of touch. A system that facilitates the composition and perception of intricate, musically structured spatio-temporal patterns of vibration on the surface of the body is described. An initial test of the system in a performance context is discussed. The fundamental building blocks of a compositional language for touch are considered. },
 address = {Dublin, Ireland},
 author = {Gunther, Eric and Davenport, Glorianna and O'Modhrain, Sile},
 booktitle = {Proceedings of the International Conference on New Interfaces for Musical Expression},
 date = {24-26 May, 2002},
 doi = {10.5281/zenodo.1176418},
 issn = {2220-4806},
 keywords = {multi-modal,music,tactile composition,vibrotactile},
 pages = {73--79},
 title = {Cutaneous Grooves: Composing for the Sense of Touch},
 url = {http://www.nime.org/proceedings/2002/nime2002_073.pdf},
 year = {2002}
}