Bodygraphe: Gestural Computing for Visual Music

Abstract

Bodygraphe is an interactive, visual music application that unifies gestural computing with live performance art. Through motion, dancers become instruments and conductors of a visual music experience, and wholly generate graphics and sounds that correspond with their movements. This study is our initial approach to this idea, explaining our inspiration as well as the technical aspects of new work in computational aesthetics. Through this project, we seek to make a dramatic impact in the global arts community, offering new implications for research regarding the interconnectivity between body and technology. Bodygraphe incorporates real-time motion data into a multimedia performance art experience.