This paper presents the soma design process of creating Body Electric: a novel interface for the capture and use of biofeedback signals and physiological changes generated in the body by breathing, during singing. This NIME design is grounded in the performer's experience of, and relationship to, their body and their voice. We show that NIME design using principles from soma design can offer creative opportunities in developing novel sensing mechanisms, which can in turn inform composition and further elicit curious engagements between performer and artefact, disrupting notions of performer-led control. As contributions, this work 1) offers an example of NIME design for situated living, feeling, performing bodies, and 2) presents the rich potential of soma design as a path for designing in this context.

翻译：本文呈现了“Body Electric”的躯体设计过程：一种用于捕捉和利用歌唱时呼吸在身体中产生的生物反馈信号与生理变化的新型界面。该NIME设计立足于表演者对其身体和声音的体验及互动关系。研究表明，运用躯体设计原则的NIME设计能为开发新型传感机制提供创造性机遇，进而反哺作曲实践，并引发表演者与人工制品之间富有好奇心的互动，打破以表演者为主导的控制范式。本文贡献包括：1）为情境化生存、感知与表演的身体提供一个NIME设计范例；2）呈现躯体设计在这一语境中作为设计路径的丰富潜力。