Choreography in the mapping of new instruments

Alon Ilsar; Andrew Johnston

doi:10.1145/2757226.2764543

Choreography in the mapping of new instruments

Alon Ilsar, Andrew Johnston

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Abstract

This paper discusses the use of choreography in mapping sound to movement in the field of new instrument design. Using the analogy of the drum kit player utilising all four limbs in a similar fashion to a dancer, we investigate the notion of mapping movement to prerecorded sound in that order, as opposed to sound mapped to movement. In this way the mapping process becomes a type of 'choreography', where a particular piece of music is learnt to be played as the mapping is determined. We outline three main factors which must be balanced within the mapping process. We present findings from the development of a new gestural interface for electronic percussionists and several collaborations that this interface has been used in.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Proceedings of the 2015 ACM SIGCHI Conference on Creativity and Cognition
Editors	Ellen Yi-Luen Do
Place of Publication	New York NY USA
Publisher	Association for Computing Machinery (ACM)
Pages	161-164
Number of pages	4
ISBN (Electronic)	9781450335980
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1145/2757226.2764543
Publication status	Published - 2015
Externally published	Yes
Event	ACM Conference on Creativity and Cognition 2015 - Glasgow, United Kingdom Duration: 22 Jun 2015 → 25 Jun 2015 http://cc.acm.org/2015/creativity-and-cognition-2015.html

Conference

Conference	ACM Conference on Creativity and Cognition 2015
Abbreviated title	C&C'15
Country/Territory	United Kingdom
City	Glasgow
Period	22/06/15 → 25/06/15
Internet address	http://cc.acm.org/2015/creativity-and-cognition-2015.html

Keywords

Choreography
Mapping
New Instrument Design
Percussion

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Ilsar, A & Johnston, A 2015, Choreography in the mapping of new instruments. in E Yi-Luen Do (ed.), Proceedings of the 2015 ACM SIGCHI Conference on Creativity and Cognition. Association for Computing Machinery (ACM), New York NY USA, pp. 161-164, ACM Conference on Creativity and Cognition 2015, Glasgow, United Kingdom, 22/06/15. https://doi.org/10.1145/2757226.2764543

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