MoBoogie: creative expression through whole body musical interaction

Authors:
Megan K. Halpern;Jakob Tholander;Max Evjen;Stuart Davis;Andrew Ehrlich;Kyle Schustak;Eric P.S. Baumer;Geri Gay
Affiliations:
Cornell University, Ithaca, New York, USA;Stockholm University, Stockholm, Kista, Sweden;Johns Hopkins University, Washington, DC, USA;Cornell University, Ithaca, New York, USA;Cornell University, Ithaca, New York, USA;Cornell University, Ithaca, New York, USA;Cornell University, ithaca, New York, USA;Cornell University, ithaca, New York, USA
Venue:
Proceedings of the SIGCHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems
Year:
2011

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Abstract

In this paper we describe MoBoogie, an application that allows users to manipulate and arrange music through movement. MoBoogie is designed to foster experiences in creative expression for children and potentially adults. The application responds to users' movements by changing variables in a continuous stream of music loops. Results from this study suggest that the creative expressions arose in the joint space of movement and music, and did not primarily have to be in one form or the other. This allowed users with limited experience in dance and music making to be creative in such forms of expression.