Hop Step Junk: Sonic Visualization using Footsteps

Seiichiro Matsumura, and Chuichi Arakawa

Proceedings of the International Conference on New Interfaces for Musical Expression

  • Year: 2005
  • Location: Vancouver, BC, Canada
  • Pages: 273–273
  • Keywords: Footsteps, body action, interactive, visualization, simple and reliable interface, contact microphone, sound playground
  • DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.1176788 (Link to paper)
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Abstract:

'Hop Step Junk' is an interactive sound installation that creates audio and visual representations of the audience's footsteps. The sound of a footstep is very expressive. Depending on one's weight, clothing and gate, a footstep can sound quite different. The period between steps defines one's personal rhythm. The sound output of 'Hop Step Junk' is wholly derived from the audience's footsteps. 'Hop Step Junk' creates a multi-generational playground, an instrument that an audience can easily play.

Citation:

Seiichiro Matsumura, and Chuichi Arakawa. 2005. Hop Step Junk: Sonic Visualization using Footsteps. Proceedings of the International Conference on New Interfaces for Musical Expression. DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.1176788

BibTeX Entry:

  @inproceedings{Matsumura2005,
 abstract = {'Hop Step Junk' is an interactive sound installation that creates audio and visual representations of the audience's footsteps. The sound of a footstep is very expressive. Depending on one's weight, clothing and gate, a footstep can sound quite different. The period between steps defines one's personal rhythm. The sound output of 'Hop Step Junk' is wholly derived from the audience's footsteps. 'Hop Step Junk' creates a multi-generational playground, an instrument that an audience can easily play.},
 address = {Vancouver, BC, Canada},
 author = {Matsumura, Seiichiro and Arakawa, Chuichi},
 booktitle = {Proceedings of the International Conference on New Interfaces for Musical Expression},
 doi = {10.5281/zenodo.1176788},
 issn = {2220-4806},
 keywords = {Footsteps, body action, interactive, visualization, simple and reliable interface, contact microphone, sound playground},
 pages = {273--273},
 title = {Hop Step Junk: Sonic Visualization using Footsteps},
 url = {http://www.nime.org/proceedings/2005/nime2005_273.pdf},
 year = {2005}
}