Roads in You

Yoon Chung Han

Proceedings of the International Conference on New Interfaces for Musical Expression

Abstract

Roads in You is an interactive biometric-data artwork that allows participants to scan their veins and find the roads that match their vein lines. The roads resemble how our vein lines are interconnected and how the blood circulates in our bodies in various directions, at various speeds, and in different conditions. This new artwork explores the line segmentation and the structure of veins and compares them to roads in the real world. This artwork includes biometric data sonification on top of 3D map-based visualization and 3D printed sculptures. The vein lines are transformed to sound, and the participants can listen to their unique “audio signature” generated by their veins. By using various visual features extracted by image processing techniques, the branches, length of lines, size of veins, brightness, and contrast of images determine parameters of audio synthesis and create a unique and personalized sound for each participant.

Citation

Yoon Chung Han. 2021. Roads in You. Proceedings of the International Conference on New Interfaces for Musical Expression. DOI: 10.21428/92fbeb44.e9dd0c0c [PDF]

BibTeX Entry

@inproceedings{nime2021_installations_10,
 abstract = {Roads in You is an interactive biometric-data artwork that allows participants to scan their veins and find the roads that match their vein lines. The roads resemble how our vein lines are interconnected and how the blood circulates in our bodies in various directions, at various speeds, and in different conditions. This new artwork explores the line segmentation and the structure of veins and compares them to roads in the real world. This artwork includes biometric data sonification on top of 3D map-based visualization and 3D printed sculptures. The vein lines are transformed to sound, and the participants can listen to their unique “audio signature” generated by their veins. By using various visual features extracted by image processing techniques, the branches, length of lines, size of veins, brightness, and contrast of images determine parameters of audio synthesis and create a unique and personalized sound for each participant.},
 address = {Shanghai, China},
 articleno = {10},
 author = {Yoon Chung Han},
 booktitle = {Proceedings of the International Conference on New Interfaces for Musical Expression},
 doi = {10.21428/92fbeb44.e9dd0c0c},
 editor = {Rodolfo Cossovich and Demi Li},
 issn = {2220-4806},
 month = {June},
 title = {Roads in You},
 track = {Installations},
 url = {https://doi.org/10.21428/92fbeb44.e9dd0c0c},
 year = {2021}
}