From Synesthesia to 'Sensory Language': Theoretical and practical study of expression via tactile score

2017 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 15K02105
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Section: 一般
• Research Field: Aesthetics and studies on art
• Research Institution: Nagoya University
• Principal Investigator: Fuminori Akiba 名古屋大学, 情報学研究科, 准教授 (80252401)
• Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha): 鈴木 泰博 名古屋大学, 情報学研究科, 准教授 (50292983)
• Research Collaborator: Maestri Eric ストラスブール大学, パリ第8大学, 講師 ; Sarkar Deblina マサチューセッツ工科大学(MIT), メディアラボ・統合脳生物学グループ, 博士研究員 ; Yao Lining カーネギーメロン大学, HCII, 准教授
• Project Period (FY): 2015-04-01 – 2018-03-31
• Keywords: 触譜 / 触覚 / 感覚言語 / 計算 / 美学

Outline of Final Research Achievements

If a sense exists on the basis of senses and is common to them, and if a language can describe this common sense, even those who do not possess a certain sensory ability could experience the absent feeling (though differently) through a common sensory language. As a step toward this ultimate goal, this research has achieved the following results. One is a refinement of ‘tactile score’ as a sensory language describing common feelings, and of vibrotactile stimulation visualized thereby, the other is the clarification of connection and differences between tactile score and various instructions in arts.

Free Research Field

美学・芸術学