Pain Creature: interdisciplinary collaboration in the design of an embodied textile instrument for interactive dance

Vincenzo Madaghiele, and Arife Dila Demir

Proceedings of the International Conference on New Interfaces for Musical Expression

Abstract:

This paper describes the development of an interactive textile instrument called Pain Creature. The instrument is the result of a collaboration between a sonic interaction designer and a textile designer. Through textile and auditory qualities, Pain Creature explicates different aspects of the second author's experience of chronic pain. The instrument can be used as a tool to reflectively engage with the user's pain experiences and as a performance instrument. This paper introduces the collaborative design process employed to develop the artifact, focusing on how contributions from sound design, textile design and movement practice were combined in the design phase. The paper describes the technical design of the artifact and discusses how knowledge from different disciplines affected the development of the instrument and its use in performance.

Citation:

Vincenzo Madaghiele, and Arife Dila Demir. 2024. Pain Creature: interdisciplinary collaboration in the design of an embodied textile instrument for interactive dance. Proceedings of the International Conference on New Interfaces for Musical Expression. DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.13904917

BibTeX Entry:

  @article{nime2024_68,
 abstract = {This paper describes the development of an interactive textile instrument called Pain Creature. The instrument is the result of a collaboration between a sonic interaction designer and a textile designer. Through textile and auditory qualities, Pain Creature explicates different aspects of the second author's experience of chronic pain. The instrument can be used as a tool to reflectively engage with the user's pain experiences and as a performance instrument. This paper introduces the collaborative design process employed to develop the artifact, focusing on how contributions from sound design, textile design and movement practice were combined in the design phase. The paper describes the technical design of the artifact and discusses how knowledge from different disciplines affected the development of the instrument and its use in performance. },
 address = {Utrecht, Netherlands},
 articleno = {68},
 author = {Vincenzo Madaghiele and Arife Dila Demir},
 booktitle = {Proceedings of the International Conference on New Interfaces for Musical Expression},
 doi = {10.5281/zenodo.13904917},
 editor = {S M Astrid Bin and Courtney N. Reed},
 issn = {2220-4806},
 month = {September},
 numpages = {9},
 pages = {465--473},
 presentation-video = {https://youtu.be/QgWj58eEPQs?si=pw86H2oY5aXWDc8S},
 title = {Pain Creature: interdisciplinary collaboration in the design of an embodied textile instrument for interactive dance},
 track = {Papers},
 url = {http://nime.org/proceedings/2024/nime2024_68.pdf},
 year = {2024}
}