Danceroom spectroscopy: At the frontiers of physics, performance, interactive art and technology

Mitchell, Thomas; Hyde, Joseph; Tew, Phillip; Glowacki, David R.

Abstract

© 2016 ISAST. Danceroom Spectroscopy is an interactive audiovisual art installation and performance system driven by rigorous algorithms commonly used to simulate and analyze nanoscale atomic dynamics. danceroom Spectroscopy interprets humans as “energy landscapes,” resulting in an interactive system in which human energy fields are embedded within a simulation of thousands of atoms. Users are able to sculpt the atomic dynamics using their movements and experience their interactions visually and sonically in real time. danceroom Spectroscopy has so far been deployed as both an interactive sci-art installation and as the platform for a dance performance called Hidden Fields.

• Journal Article Type: Article
• Acceptance Date: Mar 28, 2016
• Online Publication Date: Mar 28, 2016
• Publication Date: Apr 1, 2016
• Deposit Date: Aug 4, 2015
• Publicly Available Date: Feb 10, 2016
• Journal: Leonardo
• Print ISSN: 0024-094X
• Electronic ISSN: 1530-9282
• Publisher: Massachusetts Institute of Technology Press (MIT Press)
• Peer Reviewed: Peer Reviewed
• Volume: 49
• Issue: 2
• Pages: 138-147
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.1162/LEON_a_00924
• Keywords: molecular physics, interactive environments, art, science, sci-art, audiovisual installation
• Public URL: https://uwe-repository.worktribe.com/output/921671
• Publisher URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1162/LEON_a_00924
• Additional Information: Additional Information : Published online 26 August 2014. This is the accepted version of the article which has been accepted for publication in Leonardo.
• Contract Date: Feb 10, 2016