Designing for the Mindbody in Technology-Mediated Music-Making

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dc.contributor.advisorCarpendale, Sheelagh
dc.contributor.advisorRadford, Ronald Laurie Charles
dc.contributor.authorPon, Aura
dc.contributor.committeememberSallis, Friedemann
dc.contributor.committeememberTang, Anthony
dc.contributor.committeememberKatz, Larry
dc.contributor.committeememberMcPherson, Andrew
dc.date2018-06
dc.date.accessioned2018-02-05T18:07:53Z
dc.date.available2018-02-05T18:07:53Z
dc.date.issued2018-01-26
dc.description.abstractTogether as attributes of one entity, the mind and body determine how we experience, understand, and make music. Our bodily experiences in the world shape how we comprehend music. In turn, our music cognition and expressive intentions, which are based on our bodily experiences, are mediated through the body when we make music. This inseparable mind-body interaction is essential to our sense of meaning, connection, and embodiment in our musical experiences, yet this dynamic is not always intact in today's technology-mediated music-making. Digital technology offers endless possibilities for new musical sounds and the mechanisms to control them, but the relationship between musical intentions, human action, and sound in such technology must be deliberately designed. Some current approaches to designing computer-based musical experiences dichotomize these mental and physical aspects of music-making, causing issues of disembodiment and disengagement. Employing a practice-based research methodology, the author's project explores the potential of considering the “mindbody” in the design of interactive computer systems for music-making. This thesis presents the motivation, background context, mindbody concept development, research methodology, and the documentation and analysis of practical project work. Five interactive systems for music-making designed for this practical exploration are: 1) Vuzik, an interface for composing through painting gestures, 2) Womba, a musical instrument for a fetal child to play in in utero, 3) R-oboe, a system for digitally extending an oboe, 4) Mindsets, a system using brainwaves to transform an instrumentalist’s sound, and 5) Torrent, a system that musifies and physicalizes muscle tension. Four music compositions composed with these systems are: 1) Concordia discors for Vuzik interactive display and three ChoirMob instruments, 2) Being and Becoming for oboe and interactive electronics, 3) Mindsets for violin, brainwaves and digital signal processing, and 4) Torrent for flutes and water. This exploratory creative and design process also yielded a set of design heuristics for considering the mindbody in technology design, pertaining to 1) valuing and awareness of process, 2) integrating intention, action, and sound, and 3) whole-body engagement.en_US
dc.identifier.citationPon, A. (2018). Designing for the Mindbody in Technology-Mediated Music-Making (Doctoral thesis, University of Calgary, Calgary, Canada). Retrieved from https://prism.ucalgary.ca. doi:10.11575/PRISM/5468en_US
dc.identifier.doihttp://dx.doi.org/10.11575/PRISM/5468
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1880/106389
dc.language.isoeng
dc.publisher.facultyArts
dc.publisher.facultyGraduate Studies
dc.publisher.institutionUniversity of Calgaryen
dc.publisher.placeCalgaryen
dc.rightsUniversity of Calgary graduate students retain copyright ownership and moral rights for their thesis. You may use this material in any way that is permitted by the Copyright Act or through licensing that has been assigned to the document. For uses that are not allowable under copyright legislation or licensing, you are required to seek permission.
dc.subjectMusic
dc.subjectMusic Technology
dc.subjectMindbody
dc.subjectComputing Technology
dc.subjectInteraction Design
dc.subjectEmbodied Cognition
dc.subjectDigital Musical Instruments
dc.subjectNew Interfaces for Musical Expression
dc.subjectComputer Music
dc.subject.classificationFine Artsen_US
dc.subject.classificationMusicen_US
dc.subject.classificationEducation--Technologyen_US
dc.subject.classificationComputer Scienceen_US
dc.titleDesigning for the Mindbody in Technology-Mediated Music-Making
dc.typedoctoral thesis
thesis.degree.disciplineMusic
thesis.degree.grantorUniversity of Calgary
thesis.degree.nameDoctor of Philosophy (PhD)
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