SKAT-VG
SKAT-VG changes creativity
Creativity is changing rapidly with the advent of digital technology, enriching not only our evolving art world but also applications involving communication, gaming and computer interaction. Whereas pen and paper were once the de facto method of sketching, computers have added a myriad of ways for artists to express themselves.
One relatively novel way of doing so is by integrating the sonic behaviour of objects in artwork. This was the aim of an innovative EU-funded project SKAT-VG (Sketching audio technologies using vocalizations and gestures) funded under the Future & Emerging Technologies (FET) Programme.
The project has advanced our understanding on how vocalisations – and vocal imitations in particular – are produced and perceived. It has shed light on the role of gestures in complementing voice-based communication within a variety of applications. A safer, richer, more stimulating and more exciting world could emerge from this new, innovative technology.