Ideation of Prototype Summary- C1 + C2

My final project unfolds in 2 cycles that culminate to one performative and experiential environment where  a user can enter the space wearing tap dance shoes and manipulate video and lights via the sounds from the taps and their movement in space. Below is an outline of the two cycles I plan to actualize this project.

Cycle one: Friederweiss-esque video follow

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Goal: Create a patch in Isadora that can follow a dancer in space with a projection. When the dancer is standing still the animation is as well and as the performer accelerates through the space the animation leaves a trail that is proportionate to the distance and speed traveled.

Current state: I attempted to use Syphon into Quartz Composer to be able to read skeleton data from the Kinect to use in Isadora and met some difficulties installing and understanding the software. I referenced Jamie Griffiths blogs linked below.

http://www.jamiegriffiths.com/kinect-into-isadora

http://www.jamiegriffiths.com/new-kinect-into-syphon/

Projected timeline: 3-4 more classes to understand and implement software into Isadora and then create and utilize patch.

 

Cycle two: Audible tap interactions

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Goal: Create environment that can listen to the frequency and/or amplitude of the various steps and sounds a tap shoe can create and have those interactions effect/control the lighting for the piece.

Current State: Not attempted this yet since still in C1 but my classmate Anna Brown Massey did some work with sound in our last class that may be helpful to me when I reach this stage.

Current questions: How do I get the software to recognize frequency in the tap shoes since the various step create different sounds. Is this more reliable or difficult than using volume alone, as it is definitely more interesting to me.

Projected timeline: 3+ classes, no use yet with this kind of software so a lot of experimentation expected.


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  1. […] shape actor was attached to the blob decoder data, as is demonstrated in the video below (also see here for a more detailed outline of my project goals). The next step is tweaking the space so it is more […]


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