Project # 4.2 : Danc­ing Viola

This numediart project covers some of the aspects of a long
time project, initiated by Musiques Nouvelles [29], a contemporary
music ensemble in Mons. Under the name 'Extension du
corps sonore', it aims at giving instrumental music performers an
extended control over the sound of their instrument by extending
the understanding of the sound body from the instrument only to
the combination of the instrument and the whole body of the performer.
The project concerned by this research is a subset of this
wider goal and is linked to viola player Dominica Eyckmans. The
development started at ARTeM and this Numediart project focuses
on three axis of research: pre-processing of sensor data, gesture
recognition and mapping through interpolation. The objectives are
the development of methods and flexible Max/MSP externals that
will be integrated in the ARTeM software framework for the concerts
with viola player Dominica Eyckmans. They could be used
in a variety of other artistic works and will be made available on
the numediart website [32].