Dooremi: a Doorway to Music

Rebecca Kleinberger, and Akito van Troyer

Proceedings of the International Conference on New Interfaces for Musical Expression

Abstract:

The following paper documents the prototype of a musical door that interactively plays sounds, melodies, and sound textures when in use. We took the natural interactions people have with doors---grabbing and turning the knob and pushing and puling motions---and turned them into musical activities. The idea behind this project comes from the fact that the activity of using a door is almost always accompanied by a sound that is generally ignored by the user. We believe that this sound can be considered musically rich and expressive because each door has specific sound characteristics and each person makes it sound slightly different. By augmenting the door to create an unexpected sound, this project encourages us to listen to our daily lives with a musician's critical ear, and reminds us of the musicality of our everyday activities.

Citation:

Rebecca Kleinberger, and Akito van Troyer. 2016. Dooremi: a Doorway to Music. Proceedings of the International Conference on New Interfaces for Musical Expression. DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.1176052

BibTeX Entry:

  @inproceedings{Kleinberger2016,
 abstract = {The following paper documents the prototype of a musical door that
interactively plays sounds, melodies, and sound textures when in use. We took the
natural interactions people have with doors---grabbing and turning
the knob and pushing and puling motions---and turned them into
musical activities. The idea behind this project comes from the fact that the
activity of using a door is almost always accompanied by a sound that is
generally ignored by the user. We believe that this sound can be considered
musically rich and expressive because each door has specific sound
characteristics and each person makes it sound slightly different. By augmenting
the door to create an unexpected sound, this project encourages us to listen to
our daily lives with a musician's critical ear, and reminds us of the musicality
of our everyday activities.},
 address = {Brisbane, Australia},
 author = {Rebecca Kleinberger and Akito van Troyer},
 booktitle = {Proceedings of the International Conference on New Interfaces for Musical Expression},
 doi = {10.5281/zenodo.1176052},
 isbn = {978-1-925455-13-7},
 issn = {2220-4806},
 pages = {160--161},
 publisher = {Queensland Conservatorium Griffith University},
 title = {Dooremi: a Doorway to Music},
 track = {Demonstrations},
 url = {http://www.nime.org/proceedings/2016/nime2016_paper0033.pdf},
 year = {2016}
}