The body as mediator of music in the Emotion Light

Adinda Rosa van 't Klooster

Proceedings of the International Conference on New Interfaces for Musical Expression

• Year: 2012
• Location: Ann Arbor, Michigan
• Keywords: Interactive biofeedback artwork, music and emotion, novel interfaces, practice based research, bodily response, heart rate, biosignals, affective computing, aesthetic interaction, mediating body, biology inspired system
• DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.1178307 (Link to paper)
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Abstract:

This paper describes the development of the Emotion Light, an interactive biofeedback artwork where the user listens to a piece of electronic music whilst holding a semi-transparent sculpture that tracks his/her bodily responses and translates these into changing light patterns that emerge from the sculpture. The context of this work is briefly described and the questions it poses are derived from interviews held with audience members.

Citation:

BibTeX Entry:

  @inproceedings{tKlooster2012,
 abstract = {This paper describes the development of the Emotion Light, an interactive biofeedback artwork where the user listens to a piece of electronic music whilst holding a semi-transparent sculpture that tracks his/her bodily responses and translates these into changing light patterns that emerge from the sculpture. The context of this work is briefly described and the questions it poses are derived from interviews held with audience members.},
 address = {Ann Arbor, Michigan},
 author = {Adinda Rosa van 't Klooster},
 booktitle = {Proceedings of the International Conference on New Interfaces for Musical Expression},
 doi = {10.5281/zenodo.1178307},
 issn = {2220-4806},
 keywords = {Interactive biofeedback artwork, music and emotion, novel interfaces, practice based research, bodily response, heart rate, biosignals, affective computing, aesthetic interaction, mediating body, biology inspired system},
 publisher = {University of Michigan},
 title = {The body as mediator of music in the Emotion Light},
 url = {http://www.nime.org/proceedings/2012/nime2012_167.pdf},
 year = {2012}
}