Body Voice Uirlis Cheoil Inchaite by Lihsing Wang and Yulin Tsai

Body Voice Uirlis Cheoil Inchaite by Lihsing Wang and Yulin Tsai is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2021 Duais Cré-umha A' Design Award in Leictreonaic Tomhaltóirí Competition Category.

Cré-umhaLeictreonaic Tomhaltóirí· 2021

Body Voice Uirlis Cheoil Inchaite

by Lihsing Wang and Yulin Tsai

Client: Lihsing Wang

Duais Cré-umha A' Design Award Winner in Leictreonaic Tomhaltóirí Category

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The Design

About Body Voice Uirlis Cheoil Inchaite

Is uirlis inchaite í Body Voice a chuireann ar chumas damhsóirí ceol a chruthú trína gcuid gluaiseachtaí damhsa. Áirítear sa tacar clipeanna gan sreang, feidhmchlár soghluaiste agus callaire Bluetooth. Tá gíreascóp agus braiteoir luasghéaraithe i ngach clip, agus is féidir iad a ghreamú áit ar bith ar an gcorp, go hiondúil ar na géaga agus na cosa. Seoltar sonraí gluaisne chuig fón póca trí Bluetooth, agus tiontaíonn an feidhmchlár na gluaiseachtaí ina bhfuaim. Seinntear an fhuaim tríd an gcallaire Bluetooth. Luchtaítear na clipeanna go gan sreang. Cuireann Body Voice an gnáthghaol idir ceol agus damhsa ar a chionn.

The Recognition

About the Duais Cré-umha A' Design Award

Bhuaigh an dearadh Body Voice Uirlis Cheoil Inchaite Duais Cré-umha A' Design Award, aitheantas an-ghradamach a bhronntar ar dhearaí sármhaithe a mbíonn cruthaitheacht, aireagacht agus géarchúis mar shaintréithe acu. Is déantúsáin ghlic agus chruthaitheacha go suntasach iad buaiteoirí Cré-umha a dhearbhaíonn taithí fhairsing, samhlaíocht agus acmhainneacht a ndearthóirí. Táthar ag súil go mbeidh an dearadh Body Voice Uirlis Cheoil Inchaite ina rud a bhfuil an-mheas air, a n-ardaítear agus a ghráitear, atá thar a bheith gairmiúil agus nuálach. Ionchorpraíonn an dearadh seo a bhuaigh Duais Cré-umha A' Design Award na cleachtais is fearr san ealaín, san eolaíocht, sa dearadh agus sa teicneolaíocht, agus tá sé sármhaith as a aird ar mhionsonraí. Sásaíonn an dearadh Body Voice Uirlis Cheoil Inchaite riachtanais go hálainn, bainíonn sé le mianta, cuireann sé draíocht ar mhothúcháin agus tarraingíonn sé fiosracht.

Behind the Design

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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