Wearable_SuperNow
4 April 2011 – 10 April 2011
Paola Tognazzi studied industrial design at the IED in Milan and philosophy at the University of Bologna. In 2001 she graduated from the MTD and SNDO Art Academies in Amsterdam, specialising in theatre direction with interactive audiovisual installations.
She worked as assistant to Sasha Waltz at Nobody, with Min Tanaka in Japan, and as executive producer of interactive operas at Studio Azzurro, Milan. In 2008 she founded Wearable_Dynamics research. Her work explores the sensuality of interactive systems and how to use sound to navigate and create poetic and personal environments of intimacy. He creates fun and artistic experiences through collective games that engage the audience physically and emotionally and encourage the development of their physical awareness.
He is currently researching inexpensive, accessible DIY structures and technologies for the development of interactive games for people with limited mobility. His interactive audiovisual installations Autopsy, W_Space; Wearable_SuperNow, ‘Why do we have even organs and only one heart? ‘have been exhibited at STEIM, Melkweg, Sophiensaele, Bek, Medialb-prado, Festival Transmediale Berlin, Matadero, La Casa Encendida, La noche en Blanco Madrid, Monty, Festival Evolution Milano In Digitale, University Complutense, Feria RetroMadrid, Camon, Arte Beijing, Instituto Cervantes, Teatro Pradillo, CSA la Tabacalera, Casa de las Conchas Salamanca, Festival Avlab, ExperimentaClub.
Since 2009 he has conducted workshops on Wearable_dynamics: Applying creativity/Defying interactivity’ in Asia and Europe.
Project in residence
Wearable_SuperNow
During 2010 we developed Wearable_SuperNow, an interactive motion capture musical instrument composed of 4 bracelets with wii sensors, which the user wears on his body. These sensors record the data produced by the user’s movements and send them via Bluetooth (wireless) to a computer where they are immediately analysed and converted into sound, so that each movement produces and modulates a different sound.
This device allows the audience to record live texts, audio, choose which sound to introduce in each sensor, the effects of tempo, delay and volume, between three different degrees of sensitivity calibration. Save library configurations, create storyboards and modulate tempo and speed with your body movements. A totally intuitive instrument that can be used by all audiences.
Wearable_SuperNow gives the sensory experience of producing and projecting music in space by moving your body freely. It is used for installations and workshops to develop physical awareness and creativity.
Technology: Wdynamics is entirely developed in Pure Data.
Residence: Creation of an application to migrate the system to iPods/iPhone/iPad; replacing the wiis, using the RJDJ platform that allows the programming of interactive music for these devices using the Pure Data programming language. In this way, from any operating system (Windows, Mac or Linux) it becomes very accessible to experiment with the development of new audio devices and interactive experiences that make use of a wide variety of mobile device resources: microphone, audio file playback, acceleration and geolocation data, touch screen, local network sockets, Internet. In addition, RJDJ offers a distribution network for the resulting pieces, with which the possibility of dissemination to a large number of users becomes immediate.
