Spherical tendency of wrist movement

Julian Scordato

Proceedings of the International Conference on New Interfaces for Musical Expression

Abstract

Spherical tendency of wrist movement (STOWM) is an artistic project involving two performers, four gestural controllers, reactive video and immersive audio diffusion. It focuses on relating the performer's gesture in the real world with an abstract three-dimensional audiovisual space based on the mapping of gestural data acquired in realtime. Aware of the importance of gesture as a contribution to the intelligibility of musical discourse and performing arts in general, the 3D printed controllers used in STOWM (called IANG) are able to capture the movements of fingers and arms, harking back to a traditional concept of musical instrument but also expanded by the current possibilities offered by technology. By mapping gestural data to control specific audiovisual parameters, a close relationship can be established between performer action, sound and image. The controllers integrate a dual-core processor Wi-Fi embedded board, a high-precision 6-axis motion sensor, and 5 buttons activated by the performer's fingers.

Citation

Julian Scordato. 2022. Spherical tendency of wrist movement. Proceedings of the International Conference on New Interfaces for Musical Expression. DOI: 10.21428/92fbeb44.046117c7 [PDF]

BibTeX Entry

@inproceedings{nime2022_music_17,
 abstract = {Spherical tendency of wrist movement (STOWM) is an artistic project involving two performers, four gestural controllers, reactive video and immersive audio diffusion. It focuses on relating the performer's gesture in the real world with an abstract three-dimensional audiovisual space based on the mapping of gestural data acquired in realtime. Aware of the importance of gesture as a contribution to the intelligibility of musical discourse and performing arts in general, the 3D printed controllers used in STOWM (called IANG) are able to capture the movements of fingers and arms, harking back to a traditional concept of musical instrument but also expanded by the current possibilities offered by technology. By mapping gestural data to control specific audiovisual parameters, a close relationship can be established between performer action, sound and image. The controllers integrate a dual-core processor Wi-Fi embedded board, a high-precision 6-axis motion sensor, and 5 buttons activated by the performer's fingers.},
 address = {Auckland, New Zealand},
 articleno = {17},
 author = {Julian Scordato},
 booktitle = {Proceedings of the International Conference on New Interfaces for Musical Expression},
 doi = {10.21428/92fbeb44.046117c7},
 editor = {Raul Masu},
 issn = {2220-4806},
 month = {jun},
 title = {Spherical tendency of wrist movement},
 track = {Music},
 url = {https://doi.org/10.21428/92fbeb44.046117c7},
 year = {2022}
}