Augmenting a guitar with its digital footprint
We explore how to digitally augment musical instruments by connecting them to their social histories. We describe the use of Internet of Things technologies to connect an acoustic guitar to its digital footprint – a record of how it was designed, built and played. We introduce the approach of crafti...
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| author | Benford, Steve Hazzard, Adrian Chamberlain, Alan Xu, Liming |
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| description | We explore how to digitally augment musical instruments by connecting them to their social histories. We describe the use of Internet of Things technologies to connect an acoustic guitar to its digital footprint – a record of how it was designed, built and played. We introduce the approach of crafting interactive decorative inlay into the body of an instrument that can then be scanned using mobile devices to reveal its digital footprint. We describe the design and construction of an augmented acoustic guitar called Carolan alongside activities to build its digital footprint through documented encounters with twenty-seven players in a variety of settings. We reveal the design challenge of mapping the different surfaces of the instrument to various facets of its footprint so as to afford appropriate experiences to players, audiences and technicians. We articulate an agenda for further research on the topic of connecting instruments to their social histories, including capturing and performing digital footprints and creating personalized and legacy experiences. |
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| spelling | nottingham-331442020-05-04T17:07:40Z https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/33144/ Augmenting a guitar with its digital footprint Benford, Steve Hazzard, Adrian Chamberlain, Alan Xu, Liming We explore how to digitally augment musical instruments by connecting them to their social histories. We describe the use of Internet of Things technologies to connect an acoustic guitar to its digital footprint – a record of how it was designed, built and played. We introduce the approach of crafting interactive decorative inlay into the body of an instrument that can then be scanned using mobile devices to reveal its digital footprint. We describe the design and construction of an augmented acoustic guitar called Carolan alongside activities to build its digital footprint through documented encounters with twenty-seven players in a variety of settings. We reveal the design challenge of mapping the different surfaces of the instrument to various facets of its footprint so as to afford appropriate experiences to players, audiences and technicians. We articulate an agenda for further research on the topic of connecting instruments to their social histories, including capturing and performing digital footprints and creating personalized and legacy experiences. 2015-05-31 Conference or Workshop Item PeerReviewed Benford, Steve, Hazzard, Adrian, Chamberlain, Alan and Xu, Liming (2015) Augmenting a guitar with its digital footprint. In: 15th International Conference on New Interfaces for Musical Expression, May 31 - June 3 2015, Baton Rouge, Louisiana, USA. Design Guitar Interaction Sociality Internet of things Interfaces Human computer interaction Instruments https://nime2015.lsu.edu/proceedings/264/0264-paper.pdf |
| spellingShingle | Design Guitar Interaction Sociality Internet of things Interfaces Human computer interaction Instruments Benford, Steve Hazzard, Adrian Chamberlain, Alan Xu, Liming Augmenting a guitar with its digital footprint |
| title | Augmenting a guitar with its digital footprint |
| title_full | Augmenting a guitar with its digital footprint |
| title_fullStr | Augmenting a guitar with its digital footprint |
| title_full_unstemmed | Augmenting a guitar with its digital footprint |
| title_short | Augmenting a guitar with its digital footprint |
| title_sort | augmenting a guitar with its digital footprint |
| topic | Design Guitar Interaction Sociality Internet of things Interfaces Human computer interaction Instruments |
| url | https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/33144/ https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/33144/ |