DANIEL FRANKE & CEDRIC KIEFER
Unnamed Soundsculpture

'The basic idea of the project is built upon the consideration of creating a moving sound sculpture from the recorded motion data of a real person.

For our work we asked a Laura Keil, a Berlin based dancer to interpret a musical piece – Kreukeltape by Machinenfabriek – as closely as possible with the movement of her own body. She was recorded by three depth cameras (Kinect), in which the intersection of the images was later put together to a three-dimensional volume (3D point cloud), doing so we were able to use the collected data throughout the further process.

The three-dimensional image allowed us a completely free handling of the digital camera, without limitations of the perspective. The camera also reacts to the sound and supports the physical imitation of the musical piece by the performer. (...) The multi-dimensionality of the sound sculpture is already contained in every movement of the dancer, as the camera footage allows any imaginable perspective.' - Onformative