Art Work
Openformance – Body Motion Tracking – Sound Machine
This project uses human body movement’s energy and transduce it into sound and images in a real time interaction. Was made using Openframeworks for computer vision and image analysis, Processing 1.0 for algorithmic visuals and Pure Data for sound synthesis.
There are two versions of the system: 1. used by a trained performer as a AV Performance Tool or as a Body Motion Musical Instrument, to be played live, and 2. opened to the public as an Immersive AV Environment that motivates anyone to be a digital creator.
The project was developed by Sebastian Gonzalez Dixon and Javier Chavarri at Barcelona, Spain during 2009.
Pictures by Natalia Espinel
How it works.
As a Performance Tool, a dancer/musician makes a sound composition with his movements. With postures and gestures he or she can control the system, creating a corporal language. After telling the machine what kind of sound is going to be used, the performer makes a gesture to start recording the movement. When the movement is finished, the performer stops, and immediatly the machine start to reproduce the composition in a looped way. Repeating this action the performer makes an entire concert. The complete video can be found below.
The second is as an interactive installation where the visitors can make their own performances, creating what we call Openformance, as shown in the video above.
Ona System doesn’t uses Kinect camera, because it is a development made between 2005 to 2009 with pure Computer Vision techniques, before that Kinect appeared.
Pictures by Natalia Espinel
Exhibitions
Nit dels Museus (Museums Night) Cosmo Caixa Barcelona May 2010.
Miércoles Sónicos (New media concerts space) Bogota October 2010
Visual Brazil Festival Barcelona June 2010
Residence Fabra i Coats Barcelona April 2010
Pompeu Fabra University Barcelona November 2009
Links to the project
Blog (Spanish) onatheproject.wordpress.com
Read the Project Documentation (Spanish)
I want to give special thanks to:
Javier Chavarri: Co-Author
Sergi Jorda: Adviser
Carles Sora: Adviser
Natalia Espinel: Pictures and performer
