The following message was posted to: dance-tech Info Hi there at Dance Tech. I have a question for people who are involved in motion tracking or colour tracking or gestural controllers that uses the data to manipulate sound. In the course of research that explores simple one-to-one correlations of movement in space to aspects of sound I was asked the question “Why would you want to do that?”. This is kind of a big question so if anyone feels like responding, maybe you could limit the scope of your answer to how the technology serves your aesthetic goals and refer to examples of work that display characteristics such as motion-sensing, motion to sound mapping or sight and sound interactivity. Also if you know of research (articles, texts etc… ) that explores this question or other similar issues around the “sonification” of visual data, I would be most grateful if you could direct me to some sources. If I've missed a discussion thread that you've already had on this issue perhaps someone could send me the text. Some food for thought . . . Implicit in much audio-visual work is the idea that there is some kind of connection between what will be seen and what will be heard. Whether this connection is solely a subjective, emotional connection, or whether there is an objective, “hard-wired” correlation, or even, perversely, an intended unconnectedness, it is in the nature of the human psyche to experience and draw connections between simultaneous auditory and visual events. Thanks - I look forward to your responses Jonathan Mustard M.A. Creative Arts Student at Edith Cowan University Western Australia jmustard@student.ecu.edu.au end ---------------------------------------- The Dance-Tech mailing list has recently moved to a new address. To post a message, send email to dance-tech@dancetechnology.org. To unsubscribe, send email to lists@dancetechnology.org, with the words "unsubscribe dance-tech" in the message body. ----------------------------------------
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