Frequencies of gesture : archiving and re-embodying kinesthetic traces through technical inscription into sound and image
2023; Taylor & Francis; Linguagem: Inglês
10.1080/14794713.2023.2242066
ISSN2040-0934
Autores Tópico(s)Music Technology and Sound Studies
ResumoABSTRACTThe study seeks to analyze the potential of real-time movement sonification in improving the somatic experience of artistic practice (e.g. training, creative process and performance). In particular, it explores how gestural repertoires can be captured and recreated as situated and somatic data. By using mixed techniques – ranging from live drawing to motion data analysis and interactive sonification – we sought to analyze how technically mediated traces of gesture can be re-materialized as either sound or visible sign. Our goal is to show how these mediation techniques (and especially interactive sonification) allow us to draw attention to several gesture qualities that wouldn’t be otherwise perceptible. From this perspective, we questioned the way in which embodied knowledge issued from a specific gestural repertoire can be effective in suggesting innovative interaction design strategies. In so doing, this study provides an original contribution to practice-based research by paying special attention to the role of mediation technology in what I call a re-embodiment process. This process allows the performer to become aware of the physical and affective components of the gesture and to renew her compositional strategies by experiencing the technical inscription in terms of ‘felt movement’.KEYWORDS: Movement sonificationlive drawingembodied knowledgegesturepractice-based research Disclosure statementNo potential conflict of interest was reported by the author(s).Supplementary materialA performance issued from this research creation, ‘Frequencies of Gesture’, was presented on November 13th 2020 at Teatro dell’Arte, Milan within the FOG vol. 2 performing arts festival: https://vimeo.com/485961679.Notes1 All quotes into brackets are extracted from an interview I’ve made with Martina via Skype on Avril 5th 2020.2 Alternative techniques of ‘Quantity of Motion’ computing and sonification have been experimented over the years, e.g. Camurri, Mazzarino, and Volpe (Citation2003), Fenza et al. (Citation2005), Dahl and Visi (Citation2018).3 A Bitalino R-IoT device has been used for this purpose.4 http://ismm.ircam.fr/mubu/.Additional informationFundingThis research has been carried out with support and funding from the Performance Laboratory (Université Grenoble Alpes, IDEX Initiative of Excellence) and it has been developed within the Gestures and frequencies project supervised by Pr. Gretchen Schiller. The work has been further supported by ESAD (École Supérieure d’Art et Design de Grenoble), AIEP Ariella Vidach (NAO CREA artistic residencies program, Milan) and Teatro dell’Arte, Triennale (Milan).Notes on contributorsAndrea GiomiAndrea Giomi is a media artist, sound designer and researcher. Ph.D. in Visual, Performing and Media Arts, he is currently a full professor of Interactive Systems at Accademia Albertina di Belle Arti di Torino (Italy). Between 2020 and 2022 he was a senior lecturer in Digital Arts at Université Gustave Eiffel (Champs sur Marne, Paris Est, France). Between 2018 and 2020 he was a postdoctoral researcher at the University of Grenoble Alpes's Performance Lab where he carried out extensive research on movement sonification. His scientific interests involve embodied cognition, human–computer interaction, aesthetics of digital arts, phenomenology, philosophy of technology, gender and media studies and practice–based research. His artistic work involves music, performance art and interactive installations. His creations explore the contemporary entanglement of corporeality and digital ecosystems. He is a co–founder of Kokoschka Revival's new media art collective, he collaborated with Italian and French choreographers such as Ariella Vidach, Raphael Bianco and Eric Oberdorff. His artistic works have been presented at several international festivals and venues, among which Auditorium BNF (Parigi), Museum für Kunst und Gewerbe (Hambourg), Säule/Berghain (Berlino), MiRA Festival (Barcellona), Teatro dell'arte – Triennale (Milano), OGR (Torino) Festival Manca (Nizza), Plateforme Intermedia (Nantes), Live Performers Meeting (Roma) and Santarcangelo Festival (Santarcangelo di Romagna).
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