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Interacting with the vocal chorder: re-empowering the opera diva

Year: 2014

Type: conference-paper

Abstract: With The Vocal Chorder, a large interactive instrument to create accompaniment, opera singers can get more power over the performance. The device allows performers to interactively accompany themselves through pushing, leaning on, and bending steel wires. The design was guided by the unique needs of the solo-singer, explored through autobiographical design and material explorations on stage, and later tested by other singers. Through our designerly exploration, we arrived at a device that offered (1) a tool for singers to appropriate and take control over the rhythmical pace and overall artistic and aesthetic outcome of their performances, (2) an enriched sense of embodiment between their voice and the overall performance; and (3) a means to empower opera singers on stage.

Source: CHI Conference Extended Abstracts on Human Factors in Computing Systems (CHI EA)

DOI: 10.1145/2559206.2574798

Authors: Carl Unander-Scharin, Åsa Unander-Scharin, Kristina Höök, Ludvig Elblaus

Institutions: University College of Opera in Stockholm, Luleå University of Technology, Stockholm University, KTH Royal Institute of Technology

Language: English

Topic: Music Technology and Sound Studies

Subfield: Music

Field: Arts and Humanities

Domain: Social Sciences

Open Access status: green

OpenAlex ID: W2010536333

FWCI: 4.886

Cites: 6

Cited by: 6

Related to: 10