Posted by Suguru Goto on December 23, 2010 at 11:07am
"BodySuit" has 12 sensors, which are placed on each joint of the body, such as a wrist, an elbow, a shoulder on the left and right arm an ankle, a knee, and the beginning of the left leg and right leg. The bending sensors are placed on the outer sides of the arms and on the front sides of the legs and fixed on a suit. Each sensor is connected with a cable to a box, and then it is connected with A/D interface. A performer wears this suit, but doesn’t hold a controller or any instruments in his hands.Therefore, his gesture doesn’t have to be based upon playing an instrument, but could be liberated to become a larger gesture, like a mime. This allows for collaboration with a person in a different field, for instance a dancer or an actor.The audience easily observes this larger movement. That is to say it can be well adapted to a performance and musical theater situation. One may consider this as a body instrument. This efficiently works in a percussionistlike gesture. This is one of the best controller conjunctions with RoboticMusic.Since this is not like a physical controller or instrument, which is held by hands, it allows to be collaborated with the idea, " Augmented Body" or "Extended Body" in the work. His body is amplified by electric signals to control something remotely or to be extended from his abstract gesture to a meaningful gesture.http://suguru.goto.free.fr/Contents/Works/BodySuit/BodySuit-e.htmlRead more…
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