Sound, Space and Movement

This book investigates correlations between auditoryparameters and parameters associated with movement in a sensitisedspace. The research examines those aspects of sound that formcorrespondences with movement, force or position of a body orbodies in a space sensitised by devices for acquiring gestural ortopographical data. A widerange of digital technologies arescrutinised to establish what the most effective technologies arein order to achieve detailed and accurate information aboutmovement in a given space, and the methods and procedures foranalysis, transposition and synthesis into sound. The thesisdescribes pertinent work in the field from the last 20 years, theissues that have been raised in those works and issues raised by mywork in the area. The book draws conclusions that point to furtherdevelopment of an integrated model of a space that is sensitised tomovement, and responds in sound in such a way that it can beappreciated by performers and audiences. The artistic and researchpractices that are cited, are principally from the areas ofdance-and-technology, sound installation and alternative gesturalcontrollers for musical applications.