Bodyscapes_{corpoPhonolux}

Intermedia Performance, Dance, Light, Live-Electronics

Simon Laburda, Veronika Mayerböck, David Pirrò

IEM Graz, Forum Stadtpark, Vienna 2012 & 2013

Translating Light and movement into sound

“Bodyscapes_{corpoPhonolux}” is a multidimensional interactive installation connecting synaesthetically the visual and spatial sense with hearing. The basic idea of this project is the translation of light into sound – to transform what we see simultaneously in an acoustic soundscape.

Bodyscapes establishes a tight link between body movement in space and light- and sound-scapes - the performer becomes “sensor” and interactive element at the same time. Along the dancer's body are 8 light sensors installed, measuring steadily the various intensities and colours of light on selected points along the body surface (joints, head, torso, etc…). The choreography develops as the performer "senses" and explores this environment.

Loudspeakers are distributed over an hemisphere that surrounds the audience. Assigning the sound output linked with each sensor to different loudspeakers, sound can be composed spatially and the soundscape itself becomes a plastic acoustic illustration of the body in space.

The dancer is passing through different light situations which are influenced by several parameters: the way and quality of movement in space, the plasticity of the body and different lighting and projection ambiances by the surrounding structure. The sensors are measuring the different light intensities and colour ambiences along the body surface. Each sensor’s output according to its particular “point of view” is the base for creating an acoustic landscapes which enhances the symbiosis of movement and light situations.

Programm: ./media/corpophonolux.pdf