For this talk we are joined by Tom Mitchell, Associate Professor at UWE Bristol, co-founder of MiMU Gloves and Bristol + Bath Creative R+D Fellow to explore low-cost motion-capture for music interaction.

The body movements that are used to play music are typically linked and constrained by the physical structure of the instruments or interfaces that we play. However, when we use motion-tracking systems to control music, any movement can be used to control any sound. This raises a challenging question: if anything is possible, what are the right movements for performing music? Tom has been grappling with this question in his research for some time and doing a better job at coming up with answers with his collaborators at MiMU - who develop data gloves and software for making music with movement.

In this talk, Tom will summarise the history of gestural music interaction along with some relevant theories and ideas. He will also discuss the MiMU Gloves, the Glover software and share some of the new technologies that he has been exploring on his expanded performance fellowship. A key focus will be end-user mapping: where musicians design the actions with which they can perform their music to and become the creators of their own unique gestural music systems.

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