Music and Technology Research
DESIGNING FOR THE MINDBODY IN TECHNOLOGY-MEDIATED MUSIC-MAKING
The mind and body together have an important joint role to play in how we experience, understand and create music. Our bodily experiences in the world shape how we comprehend music. In turn, our mind's music cognition and intentionality, which is based on our bodily experiences, is mediated through the body when we are creating music. This mind-body interaction has provided important contributions to the intelligibility, relatability and embodiment of our musical experiences, yet this dynamic is not always intact in today's technology-mediated music-making. My research aims to explore the potential of considering the “mindbody” in the design of interactive music systems.
The mind and body together have an important joint role to play in how we experience, understand and create music. Our bodily experiences in the world shape how we comprehend music. In turn, our mind's music cognition and intentionality, which is based on our bodily experiences, is mediated through the body when we are creating music. This mind-body interaction has provided important contributions to the intelligibility, relatability and embodiment of our musical experiences, yet this dynamic is not always intact in today's technology-mediated music-making. My research aims to explore the potential of considering the “mindbody” in the design of interactive music systems.
