Expressive Musical Interface for Non-Musicians
We present the concept and prototype of a new musical interface that utilizes the close relationship between gestural expression in the act of painting and that of playing a musical instrument in order to provide non-musicians the opportunity to create musical expression. A physical brush on a canvas acts as the instrument. The characteristics of its stroke are intuitively mapped to a conductor program, defining expressive parameters of the tone in real-time. Two different interaction modes highlight the importance of bodily expression in making music as well as the value of a metaphorical visual representation.
The Internet Wanderer is a handheld device for navigating through the web by wandering through the woods. It combines the act of exploring the web with that of exploring the outdoors.
It is an ironic comment on the poor bodily experience we are enduring while working with computers. Compare the intense sensory-motor experience of a cross-country hike to its poor counterpart when you are surfing the web.
This product is meant to raise awareness of what we are sacrificing in our attempt to make our lives more comfortable by the use of technology.
