danceroom Spectroscopy: At the Frontiers of Physics,
                    Performance, Interactive Art and Technology

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

doi:10.1162/LEON_a_00924

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danceroom Spectroscopy: At the Frontiers of Physics, Performance, Interactive Art and Technology

Thomas Mitchell,

Thomas Mitchell

Thomas Mitchell (computer scientist, digital artist), Department of Computer Science and Creative Technologies, University of the West of England, Coldharbour Lane, Bristol BS16 1QY, U.K. Email: [email protected].

THOMAS MITCHELL is a senior lecturer in the Department of Computer Science and Creative Technologies at the University of the West of England and resident at the Pervasive Media Studio, Bristol, U.K. Informed by a Ph.D. in computer science and music, his acclaimed work connects interactive sound and visual art.

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Joseph Hyde,

Joseph Hyde

Jo Hyde (composer, sound artist), School of Music and Performing Arts, Bath Spa University, Newton Park, Bath BA2 9BN, U.K. Email: [email protected].

JOSEPH HYDE is a professor of music in the School of Music and Performing Arts at Bath Spa University, U.K., where he leads the MMus program in Creative Sound and Media Technology. His work focuses on multimedia, dance, telepresence and interactivity; he is interested in musical ideas explored through visual media.

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Philip Tew,

Philip Tew

Phillip Tew (digital artist), Pervasive Media Studio, Leadworks, Anchor Square, Harbourside, Bristol, Avon BS1 5DB, U.K.; Interactive Scientific Ltd., Deben House, 1-5 Lawrence Hill, Bristol, BS5 0BY, U.K. Email: [email protected].

PHILIP TEW is a freelance digital artist and programmer based at the Pervasive Media Studio, Bristol, U.K. Blending a formal background in fine art with a lifelong passion for programming, Tew creates artworks that play with generative processing, physical modeling and creativity.

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David R. Glowacki

David Glowacki (scientist, artist), School of Chemistry Department of Computer Science, University of Bristol, Cantock’s Close, Clifton, Bristol BS8 1TS, U.K.; Interactive Scientific Ltd., Deben House, 1-5 Lawrence Hill, Bristol BS5 0BY, U.K. Email: [email protected].

DAVID GLOWACKI is a Royal Society Research Fellow with joint appointments across the departments of Chemistry and Computer Science at the University of Bristol. He holds an M.A. in cultural theory and a Ph.D. in chemical physics, and his research interests span computational molecular physics and interactive digital art.

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Thomas Mitchell

Thomas Mitchell (computer scientist, digital artist), Department of Computer Science and Creative Technologies, University of the West of England, Coldharbour Lane, Bristol BS16 1QY, U.K. Email: [email protected].

THOMAS MITCHELL is a senior lecturer in the Department of Computer Science and Creative Technologies at the University of the West of England and resident at the Pervasive Media Studio, Bristol, U.K. Informed by a Ph.D. in computer science and music, his acclaimed work connects interactive sound and visual art.

Joseph Hyde

Jo Hyde (composer, sound artist), School of Music and Performing Arts, Bath Spa University, Newton Park, Bath BA2 9BN, U.K. Email: [email protected].

JOSEPH HYDE is a professor of music in the School of Music and Performing Arts at Bath Spa University, U.K., where he leads the MMus program in Creative Sound and Media Technology. His work focuses on multimedia, dance, telepresence and interactivity; he is interested in musical ideas explored through visual media.

Philip Tew

Phillip Tew (digital artist), Pervasive Media Studio, Leadworks, Anchor Square, Harbourside, Bristol, Avon BS1 5DB, U.K.; Interactive Scientific Ltd., Deben House, 1-5 Lawrence Hill, Bristol, BS5 0BY, U.K. Email: [email protected].

PHILIP TEW is a freelance digital artist and programmer based at the Pervasive Media Studio, Bristol, U.K. Blending a formal background in fine art with a lifelong passion for programming, Tew creates artworks that play with generative processing, physical modeling and creativity.

David R. Glowacki

David Glowacki (scientist, artist), School of Chemistry Department of Computer Science, University of Bristol, Cantock’s Close, Clifton, Bristol BS8 1TS, U.K.; Interactive Scientific Ltd., Deben House, 1-5 Lawrence Hill, Bristol BS5 0BY, U.K. Email: [email protected].

DAVID GLOWACKI is a Royal Society Research Fellow with joint appointments across the departments of Chemistry and Computer Science at the University of Bristol. He holds an M.A. in cultural theory and a Ph.D. in chemical physics, and his research interests span computational molecular physics and interactive digital art.

Received: March 10 2014

Online ISSN: 1530-9282

Print ISSN: 0024-094X

Leonardo (2016) 49 (2): 138–147.

https://doi.org/10.1162/LEON_a_00924

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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.

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