Body Voice Igikoresho cy'Umuziki Cyambarwa by Lihsing Wang and Yulin Tsai

Body Voice Igikoresho cy'Umuziki Cyambarwa by Lihsing Wang and Yulin Tsai is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2021 Igihembo cya A' Design Award cya Buronze in Ibikoresho bya Elegitoroniki Competition Category.

BuronzeElegitoroniki· 2021

Body Voice Igikoresho cy'Umuziki Cyambarwa

by Lihsing Wang and Yulin Tsai

Client: Lihsing Wang

Igihembo cya A' Design Award cya Buronze Winner in Elegitoroniki Category

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The Design

About Body Voice Igikoresho cy'Umuziki Cyambarwa

Body Voice ni igikoresho cy'umuziki cyambarwa gituma abasiganwa mu gucina bashobora gukora umuziki binyuze mu mibare y'imibiri yabo. Iri koranabuhanga rigizwe n'utugendanwa tw'imiyoboro ihuza nta nsinga (wireless clips), porogaramu ikoreshwa kuri telefoni ngendanwa, ndetse na Bluetooth speaker. Buri gikoresho gito (clip) gifite gyroscope hamwe na sensor ipima ihindagurika (acceleration sensor), kandi gishobora kwambikwa ahantu hose ku mubiri, akenshi ku maboko no ku maguru. Amakuru y'imibare y'imibiri yoherezwa kuri telefoni ngendanwa binyuze kuri Bluetooth, maze porogaramu ikayahindura ijwi. Iryo jwi rikinishwa binyuze kuri Bluetooth speaker. Utwo tugendanwa (clips) twuzuzwamo amashanyarazi nta nsinga zikoreshejwe. Body Voice ihindura uburyo busanzwe umuziki n'umucina byari bifitanye isano.

The Recognition

About the Igihembo cya A' Design Award cya Buronze

Body Voice Igikoresho cy'Umuziki Cyambarwa ni uwegukanye Igihembo cya A' Design Award cya Buronze, ishimwe ry'agaciro gakomeye ritangwa ku bishushanyo by'indashyikirwa birangwa no guhanga, ubwenge n'ubushishozi. Abegukanye Buronze ni ibihangano bifite ubuhanga bwinshi kandi bihanga cyane, bishimangira uburambe, ubwenge n'ubushobozi bw'ababihanze. Body Voice Igikoresho cy'Umuziki Cyambarwa biteganyijwe ko izaba ikintu cyubahwa, gishimwa kandi gikundwa, gifite ubunyamwuga n'udushya. Iki gishushanyo cyegukanye Buronze gikoresha uburyo bwiza mu buhanzi, ubumenyi, ubushushanyo n'ikoranabuhanga kandi kirarenze mu gutaha ku tuntu duto. Body Voice Igikoresho cy'Umuziki Cyambarwa ishimisha ibyo dukeneye, ikora ku byifuzo byacu, itwara amarangamutima yacu kandi ikurura amatsiko yacu.

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