Degree
Doctor of Philosophy (PhD)
Department
School of Music, Experimental Music & Digital Media
Document Type
Dissertation
Abstract
The intricate elements embedded in the pictorial, ideological, and semantic facets of Chinese characters find their origin in simple calligraphic gestures. This generative arts research and creative work elevates traditional two-dimensional Chinese calligraphy into a multidimensional realm in extended reality (XR) by translating it into a three-dimensional dance movement, integrating music and visual media. This transformation is achieved by decomposing the words into gestures and somaesthetic
movement/interaction, encoding the collective bodily expressions into a manifestation termed Chinese Calligraphic Dance (CCD). Within this dance form, the fusion of categorized and uncategorized gestures/movements is sonified through a motion tracking system, giving rise to generative music and visual arts. Categorized gestures are derived from the stroke elements of Chinese words, while uncategorized gestures draw inspiration from dance movements influenced by the pictorial shapes/contours,
cultural and philosophical semantics of Chinese characters. The system is crafted to offer immediate visual and sonic feedback, effectively converting gestures into a dynamic canvas for expressive dance movements. Motion tracking data is harnessed to inform the composition of generative music, creating a symbiotic relationship between movement and sonic expression within the CCD framework.
Date
7-26-2024
Recommended Citation
Cheng, Ka Hei, "CHINESE CALLIGRAPHIC DANCE (CCD) AND GENERATIVE ARTS: PHANTOM OF UTOPIA" (2024). LSU Doctoral Dissertations. 6577.
https://repository.lsu.edu/gradschool_dissertations/6577
Committee Chair
Jesse Allison
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