The Body Electric: A NIME designed through and with the somatic experience of singing

Kelsey Cotton; Pedro Sanches; Vasiliki Tsaknaki; Pavel Karpashjevich

doi:10.21428/92fbeb44.ec9f8fdd

The Body Electric: A NIME designed through and with the somatic experience of singing

Kelsey Cotton
, Pedro Sanches
, Vasiliki Tsaknaki
, Pavel Karpashjevich

AIR Lab

KTH Royal Institute of Technology
ITI/LARSyS, ARDITI
Department of Informatics - Umeå University

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Abstract

This paper presents the soma design process of creating Body Electric: a novel interface for the capture and use of biofeedback signals and physiological changes generated in the body by breathing, during singing. This NIME design is grounded in the performer's experience of, and relationship to, their body and their voice. We show that NIME design using principles from soma design can offer creative opportunities in developing novel sensing mechanisms, which can in turn inform composition and
further elicit curious engagements between performer and artefact, disrupting notions of performer-led control. As contributions, this work 1) offers an example of NIME
design for situated living, feeling, performing bodies, and 2) presents the rich potential of soma design as a path for designing in this context.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	International Conference on New Interfaces for Musical Expression
Publication date	2021
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.21428/92fbeb44.ec9f8fdd
Publication status	Published - 2021
Event	International Conference on New Interfaces for Musical Expression - VIRTUAL , China Duration: 14 Jun 2021 → 18 Jun 2021

Conference

Conference	International Conference on New Interfaces for Musical Expression
Country/Territory	China
City	VIRTUAL
Period	14/06/2021 → 18/06/2021

Keywords

Soma Design
Biofeedback Signals
NIME (New Interfaces for Musical Expression)
Physiological Changes
Performer's Experience

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