Articulated Paint : Musical Expression for Non-Musicians

André Knörig, Boris Müller, and Reto Wettach

Proceedings of the International Conference on New Interfaces for Musical Expression

  • Year: 2007
  • Location: New York City, NY, United States
  • Pages: 384–385
  • Keywords: musical interface, musical expression, expressive gesture, musical education, natural interface
  • DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.1177155 (Link to paper)
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Abstract:

In this paper we present the concept and prototype of a new musical interface that utilizes the close relationship between gestural expression in the act of painting and that of playing a musical instrument in order to provide non-musicians the opportunity to create musical expression. A physical brush on a canvas acts as the instrument. The characteristics of its stroke are intuitively mapped to a conductor program, defining expressive parameters of the tone in real-time. Two different interaction modes highlight the importance of bodily expression in making music as well as the value of a metaphorical visual representation.

Citation:

André Knörig, Boris Müller, and Reto Wettach. 2007. Articulated Paint : Musical Expression for Non-Musicians. Proceedings of the International Conference on New Interfaces for Musical Expression. DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.1177155

BibTeX Entry:

  @inproceedings{Knorig2007,
 abstract = {In this paper we present the concept and prototype of a new musical interface that utilizes the close relationship between gestural expression in the act of painting and that of playing a musical instrument in order to provide non-musicians the opportunity to create musical expression. A physical brush on a canvas acts as the instrument. The characteristics of its stroke are intuitively mapped to a conductor program, defining expressive parameters of the tone in real-time. Two different interaction modes highlight the importance of bodily expression in making music as well as the value of a metaphorical visual representation.},
 address = {New York City, NY, United States},
 author = {Kn\''{o}rig, Andr\'{e} and M\''{u}ller, Boris and Wettach, Reto},
 booktitle = {Proceedings of the International Conference on New Interfaces for Musical Expression},
 doi = {10.5281/zenodo.1177155},
 issn = {2220-4806},
 keywords = {musical interface, musical expression, expressive gesture, musical education, natural interface },
 pages = {384--385},
 title = {Articulated Paint : Musical Expression for Non-Musicians},
 url = {http://www.nime.org/proceedings/2007/nime2007_384.pdf},
 year = {2007}
}