Monica Chang – Looking Outwards – 10

MI-MU Gloves

by Imogen Heap

Anatomy of a Mi-Mu Glove: Communication over Wifi
Anatomy of a Mi-Mu Glove: Breathable palm designed for the stage
Anatomy of a Mi-Mu Glove: Change Batteries between soundcheck and the show
Anatomy of a Mi-Mu Glove: Vibration Motor for Haptic Feedback
Anatomy of a Mi-Mu Glove: Flex Sensors Measure bend of the fingers

I first discovered the Mi-Mu Glove through a participating music artist: Ariana Grande. As I have been a fan of her music for a long time, I became aware of this new, technological way of expressing and performing music through movement of the performer during Ariana Grande’s tour in 2015.

  • PYANOOK, a pianist and composer.
  • Ariana Grande, singer

These gloves, however, were created by an award-winning musician and technology innovator, Imogen Heap. With these gloves, a wide variety of musicians have explored different ways of performing. For instance, artists such as vocalists, classical pianists, pop artists, beat boxers, and guitarists participated in the earlier versions of these gloves since they were released in the year 2010.

Once Heap began collaborating with a range of musical artists, the MiMu design team began to expand with engineers, designers, and artists specializing in software, textiles, electronics, sensors, UX/UI and music! With this team and these gloves, she continues her search for a relationship between music software and hardware as a musical tool.

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