Research Article
Exploring the Theoretical Landscape of BehCreative: Artistic and Therapeutic Possibilities of an Extended Digital Musical Instrument
@INPROCEEDINGS{10.1007/978-3-031-55319-6_1, author={Elena Partesotti and Gabriela Castellano and J\~{o}natas Manzolli}, title={Exploring the Theoretical Landscape of BehCreative: Artistic and Therapeutic Possibilities of an Extended Digital Musical Instrument}, proceedings={ArtsIT, Interactivity and Game Creation. 12th EAI International Conference, ArtsIT 2023, S\"{a}o Paulo, Brazil, November 27-29, 2023, Proceedings, Part I}, proceedings_a={ARTSIT}, year={2024}, month={3}, keywords={Music Therapy Embodied Cognition Artistic Installations Creative Empowerment EDMI}, doi={10.1007/978-3-031-55319-6_1} }- Elena Partesotti
Gabriela Castellano
Jônatas Manzolli
Year: 2024
Exploring the Theoretical Landscape of BehCreative: Artistic and Therapeutic Possibilities of an Extended Digital Musical Instrument
ARTSIT
Springer
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-031-55319-6_1
Abstract
In the digital age, technology has become ubiquitous in various fields of knowledge, functioning as an extension of the human body – akin to a technological body. Consequently, it acquires ecological validity in our daily lives and offers a path for developing studies rooted in Embodied Cognition. This idea is illustrated by BehCreative, an Extended Digital Musical Instrument (EDMI) introduced and presented in this article. The article delineates the design, mapping and architecture of BehCreative from both musical and cognitive standpoints. Moreover, it explores how these instruments bridge the divide between traditional musical interfaces and immersive technologies, thereby redefining the limits of artistic expression and therapeutic interventions. The article highlights that BehCreative, as a hybrid instrument, holds the potential to facilitate therapeutic recovery and serve as an artistic tool for expressive purposes. Given its hybrid nature, BehCreative presents diverse possibilities for exploring users’ behavioral learning, as evidenced by the results of a mentioned exploratory study. Consequently, it substantiates the hypothesis of being an instrument that warrants examination from an interdisciplinary perspective.
