Michal Luria – Looking Outwards – 04

AUDFIT

The project I would like to present this week is called “Audfit”, a project that combines sound, choreography and computing. This is a performance of a dancer that is connected to an “audio-costume”. Whenever the dancer moves, the movement sensor connected to a specific body part triggers a sound sequence in the audience’s headphones. Furthermore, the audience can choose from 3 audio channels to listen to while watching the choreography.

AUDFIT in action – a dancer with the audio costume and the sound it produces. credit: Strange Loop (vimeo)

What I like about this project is that the sound is generated according to the dancer’s movement, and that they have an interesting corresponding relationship between them. Also, the audience is able to choose between channels, and their choice of channel would change their experience, as the music is a significant part of the artistic message. Therefore, each person in the audience would have a slightly different experience from this performance, according to the timing in which they switched from channel to channel.

The technology behind this project is movement sensors connected to the dancer’s costume. Each time a sensor indicated motion, it triggered a sound sequence. These sound sequences were then combined to create new and interesting harmonies.