Transdisciplinary Methodology: from Theory to the Stage, Creation for the SICMAP

Barah Héon-Morissette

Proceedings of the International Conference on New Interfaces for Musical Expression

Abstract:

The author's artistic practice as a composer and performer is transdisciplinary. The body as a vector associated with sound, gesture, video, physical space, and technological space, constitute the six founding elements. They give rise to works between music and dance, between musical theater and multimedia works leading to a new hybrid performative practice. These works are realized using a motion capture system by computer vision, SICMAP (Systéme Interactif de Captation du Mouvement en Art Performatif --- Interactive Motion Capture System For The Performative Arts). In this paper, the author situates her artistic practice founded by the three pillars of transdisciplinary research methodology. The path taken by the performer-creator, leading to the conception of the SICMAP, is then explained through a reflection on the `dream instrument'. Followed by a technical description, the SICMAP is contextualized using theoretical models: the instrumental continuum and energy continuum, the `dream instrument' and the typology of the instrumental gesture. Initiated by the SICMAP, these are then applied to a new paradigm the gesture-sound space and subsequently put into practice through the creation of the work From Infinity To Within.

Citation:

Barah Héon-Morissette. 2016. Transdisciplinary Methodology: from Theory to the Stage, Creation for the SICMAP. Proceedings of the International Conference on New Interfaces for Musical Expression. DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.1176024

BibTeX Entry:

  @inproceedings{Hnicode233onMorissette2016,
 abstract = {The author's artistic practice as a composer and performer is
transdisciplinary. The body as a vector associated with sound, gesture, video,
physical space, and technological space, constitute the six founding elements.
They give rise to works between music and dance, between musical theater and
multimedia works leading to a new hybrid performative practice. These works are
realized using a motion capture system by computer vision, SICMAP (Syst\'{e}me
Interactif de Captation du Mouvement en Art Performatif --- Interactive
Motion Capture System For The Performative Arts). In this paper, the author
situates her artistic practice founded by the three pillars of transdisciplinary
research methodology. The path taken by the performer-creator, leading to the
conception of the SICMAP, is then explained through a reflection on the
`dream instrument'. Followed by a technical description, the SICMAP
is contextualized using theoretical models: the instrumental continuum and energy
continuum, the `dream instrument' and the typology of the
instrumental gesture. Initiated by the SICMAP, these are then applied to a new
paradigm the gesture-sound space and subsequently put into practice through the
creation of the work From Infinity To Within.},
 address = {Brisbane, Australia},
 author = {Barah H\'{e}on-Morissette},
 booktitle = {Proceedings of the International Conference on New Interfaces for Musical Expression},
 doi = {10.5281/zenodo.1176024},
 isbn = {978-1-925455-13-7},
 issn = {2220-4806},
 pages = {253--258},
 publisher = {Queensland Conservatorium Griffith University},
 title = {Transdisciplinary Methodology: from Theory to the Stage, Creation for the {SIC}MAP},
 track = {Papers},
 url = {http://www.nime.org/proceedings/2016/nime2016_paper0050.pdf},
 year = {2016}
}