The Liberation of the Feet: Demaking the High Heeled Shoe For Theatrical Audio-Visual Expression

Murray-Leslie, A; Johnston, A

The Liberation of the Feet: Demaking the High Heeled Shoe For Theatrical Audio-Visual Expression

Murray-Leslie, A Johnston, A

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Publisher:: Aalborg University Copenhagen
Publication Type:: Conference Proceeding
Citation:: Proceedings of the International Conference on New Interfaces for Musical Expression, 2017, pp. 296 - 301
Issue Date:: 2017-05

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dc.contributor.author	Murray-Leslie, A	en_US
dc.contributor.author	Johnston, A https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8306-7507	en_US
dc.date	2017-05-15	en_US
dc.date.issued	2017-05	en_US
dc.identifier.citation	Proceedings of the International Conference on New Interfaces for Musical Expression, 2017, pp. 296 - 301	en_US
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/10453/126388
dc.description.abstract	This paper describes a series of fashionable sounding shoe and foot based appendages made between 2007-2017. The research attempts to demake the physical high-heeled shoe through the iterative design and fabrication of new foot based musical instruments. This process of demaking also changes the usual purpose of shoes and associated stereotypes of high heeled shoe wear. Through turning high heeled shoes into wearable musical instruments for theatrical audio visual expressivity we question why so many musical instruments are made for the hands and not the feet? With this creative work we explore ways to redress the imbalance and consider what a genuinely “foot based” expressivity could be.	en_US
dc.publisher	Aalborg University Copenhagen	en_US
dc.relation.ispartof	Proceedings of the International Conference on New Interfaces for Musical Expression	en_US
dc.relation.ispartof	New Interfaces for Musical Expression	en_US
dc.title	The Liberation of the Feet: Demaking the High Heeled Shoe For Theatrical Audio-Visual Expression	en_US
dc.type	Conference Proceeding
utslib.location.activity	Copenhagen, Denmark	en_US
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pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney
pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney/Faculty of Engineering and Information Technology
pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney/Faculty of Engineering and Information Technology/School of Computer Science
pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney/Strength - HCTD - Human Centred Technology Design
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This paper describes a series of fashionable sounding shoe and foot based appendages made between 2007-2017. The research attempts to demake the physical high-heeled shoe through the iterative design and fabrication of new foot based musical instruments. This process of demaking also changes the usual purpose of shoes and associated stereotypes of high heeled shoe wear. Through turning high heeled shoes into wearable musical instruments for theatrical audio visual expressivity we question why so many musical instruments are made for the hands and not the feet? With this creative work we explore ways to redress the imbalance and consider what a genuinely “foot based” expressivity could be.

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