BodyX
How WILLPOWER is creating it.
Open Source Documentation
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"the goal of bodyX is to make the body itself the instrument. using tech as a way to create in an intuitive way rather then learning how to play an external instrument. I'm doing it to see how it feels when the human body is at the center of creation. although I am using tech, the experience may feel more intuitive, more fun and more natural than an acoustic instrument... and because it's intuitive, it may not take years to play BodyX at a high level as the body learns quicker when it's innate.
This project is all about the human body. The ones who hate technology won't understand what I'm doing, but I am showing how technology can bring us closer to ourselves in a fun playful way !! "
~WILLPOWER
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BodyX is an ongoing project. It is an etextile body audiovisual instrument being made for WILLPOWER's immersive performances.
The goal is to make it an intuitive way to create both music and visual animated art in real time with the natural movements of the human body.
WILLPOWER is doing realtime chronological documentation of it right here in the Tech Lab.
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As WILLPOWER develops the tech, he takes you with him on the journey of making.
The images below correspond to different phases of the Research & Development for BodyX.
For this project, he is making eTechStyle sensors, using conductive fabrics and threads, non-conductive fabrics, using electronic components, microcontrollers, Linux OS, the arduino IDE, PlugData (a free and open source Visual Programming Language based on Pure Data) for making the Audio and Visuals that are being generated by the data sent wirelessly from WILLPOWER's body movements.
Click images below to access Sections of the Research & Development phases
