Usage
The Laeterna Machina Dance Collective, Workshops
Idea
The main idea is to think about the body as a musical intrument. Movement and acceleration can be used as a regular music instrument (a keyboard for example): to create and transform music and video in real-time.Gaetano Giunta presenting the Electronic Dance Suit to the public after a Laeterna Machina Show.
Technology
Wireless Midi
The Electronic Dance Suit is based on the 8 Ana - 8
Num HF sensor box created by
Interface-Z with its wireless extension (Wireless Midi HF 433 Mhz).
It allows 8 analogues sensors and 8 « switchs » to be
connected simultaneously.
The Wireless Midi allows great reliability on stage as well a good compatibility with audio musical instruments and computers.
Sensors
On this suit, The Laeterna Machina Dance Collective have been using successively 2 single-axis and 2 dual-axis accelerometers for Tilt and motion sensing on the fists and 6 switch located on the wrist, the shoulders and the knees.
- the ADXL202JE dual-axis Accelerometer
Senses acceleration (or deceleration) and inclination (tilt, ie. acceleration due to gravitation) in two dimensions simultaneously. Detects upto ±2 G acceleration and a full 360° in two tilt axes. Integrated within the Gforce2D from I-CubeX
- the ADXL250 dual-axis Accelerometer
It is a sensor designed to measure accelerations that result from an applied force. It responds to the component of acceleration on both the “X” and “Y” axis. Integrated by Interface-Z
- the HMC1021Z single-axis Accelerometer
It is a single-axis magnetoresistive sensor integrated by Cyrille Henry / La Kitchen
Please check this video of teh first experiments done by the Laeterna Machina Dance Collective back in 2003, with Gaetano Giunta as the dancer.