From Beethoven to Kinect, linking music to our bodies
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Creative technologist Peter Kirn contemplates the intimate connection between the corporeal and emotional worlds through music. He discusses the physical impact of Beethoven's symphonies, concluding with a live demonstration of an instrument that registers the body's response and generates sound based solely on his physical movements.
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