Body Voice Portebla Muzikilo by Lihsing Wang and Yulin Tsai

Body Voice Portebla Muzikilo by Lihsing Wang and Yulin Tsai is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2021 Bronza A' Design Award in Dezajno de Ciferecaj kaj Elektronikaj Aparatoj Competition Category.

BronzoKonsumanta Elektroniko· 2021

Body Voice Portebla Muzikilo

by Lihsing Wang and Yulin Tsai

Client: Lihsing Wang

Bronza A' Design Award Winner in Konsumanta Elektroniko Category

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The Design

About Body Voice Portebla Muzikilo

Korpa Voĉo estas portebla instrumento kiu permesas al dancistoj krei muzikon per siaj dancaj movoj. La aro inkluzivas sendrataj pingloj, poŝtelefonan aplikaĵon kaj Bludentan laŭtparolilon. Ĉiu pinglo enhavas giroskopon kaj akcelan sensilon kaj povas esti alfiksita ie ajn sur la korpo, kutime sur la brakoj kaj kruroj. Movaj datumoj estas senditaj al poŝtelefono per Bludento, kaj la aplikaĵo konvertas la movojn en sonon. La sono estas ludata per la Bludenta laŭtparolilo. La pingloj estas sendrate ŝargataj. Korpa Voĉo inversigas la kutiman rilaton inter muziko kaj danco.

The Recognition

About the Bronza A' Design Award

Body Voice Portebla Muzikilo estas gajninto de la Bronza A' Design Award, tre prestiĝa rekono donata al elstaraj dezajnoj distingitaj per kreemo, ingenieco kaj sagaco. La Bronzaj gajnintoj estas abunde lertaj kaj frape kreemaj artefaktoj, kiuj aŭtentikigas la vastan sperton, imagpovon kaj elturniĝemon de siaj dezajnistoj. Oni atendas, ke Body Voice Portebla Muzikilo estu tre estimata, admirata kaj ŝatata objekto, kiu estas rimarkinde profesia kaj nova. Ĉi tiu dezajno gajninta la Bronzan A' Design Award enkorpigas plej bonajn praktikojn en arto, scienco, dezajno kaj teknologio, kaj estas bonega pro sia atento al detaloj. Body Voice Portebla Muzikilo bonege kontentigas bezonojn, tuŝas dezirojn, ĉarmas sentojn kaj allogas scivolemon.

Behind the Design

Press Kit

Credits, team members and technical details provided by the designer.

Unique Properties: The Body Voice is driven by technology, a wearable instrument that allows dancers to create music through their dance moves. Body voice is a set of designs, including the Clips, an App, and a Bluetooth speaker. The wireless Bluetooth clips are motion sensors that clip anywhere on dancer's bodies to collect their movements digitally and send them to the mobile phone. The user modifies it on an App where converts movements into music and plays it on the Bluetooth speaker.
Dimensions & Packaging: A single clip device, size:30*24*14.6mm. The speaker, size:140*125*180.4mm. The wireless charging, size:85*62*65.3mm. The Unity engine, Bluetooth 3.0.
Tags: Wireless, sound, movement, innovation, digital device, dance, instrument.
Production Technology: The wireless clips use a gyro-sensor and acceleration sensor to detect dance moves then transmit them to a mobile phone via Bluetooth 3.0 chip. The clips are charged wirelessly. And the App is driven by Unity software for converting movements to sounds. The speaker connects to a mobile phone by Bluetooth.
Design Challenge: In the most beginning, I considered hands as the way to express body emotion. Thus, I decided to design a product that can detect hand gestures and movements. Gloves, I used several sensors inserted in them for capturing the movements of hands and send the electronic signal to a computer for analyzing the gestures guided by the specific sound effect. However, after testing this prototype on dancers and receiving feedback from them, I decided to use a different way to capture the dance move; finally, using a clip functions as a motion detector gained great feedback from the users.
Research: If dancing is no longer a movement to follow music but to create music? Music and dance, in the general point of view, usually follow the rhythm of the music. Our brain processes the signal of music and reacts through the body. However, is it possible to reverse this process? In other words, our dance movements or gestures can create sounds and music? The Body Voice is a set of digital devices for dancers to create music through their dancing. Driven by technology, a wearable instrument reveals new possibilities in the art of dance.
Inspiration: Although music and dance are two art forms, dance often follows the rhythm of the music. The dancer’s creation is based on others, musicians, and work. It is contributed to a second creation. What if dance is no longer a movement that follows the music but creates music? The body voice subverts the conventional relationship between music and dance, redefines the possibility of free creations by analyzing dance’s movement, and converts it into music.
Project Duration: The project began in Taiwan in November 2017 and was completed Taiwan in June 2018.
Operation Flow: Open the Body Voice’s App for pairing your phone with the Clips. You can apply the Clips anywhere on your body, usually arms and legs, to receive your movements and transmit them to analysis on an App where you can define a dance move correspond to sound, customize your actions and music tracks. Choose the solo mode or ensemble mode to play it yourself or with friends. The solo runs on a smartphone, but the ensemble needs to connect each user’s phone to a computer and run on Unity.
Team Members: Lihsing Wang
Yulin Tsai
Image Credits: Image #1：Designer Lihsing Wang, Body Voice, 2018.
Image #2：Designer Lihsing Wang, Body Voice, 2018.
Image #3：Designer Lihsing Wang, Body Voice, 2018.
Image #4：Designer Lihsing Wang, Body Voice, 2018.
Image #5：Designer Lihsing Wang, Body Voice, 2018