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MICRO - Human Bodily Micromotion in Music Perception and Interaction (completed)

How and why does music make us move? This project investigated how music influences what we may call micromotion, such as the tiny motion observed when people try to stand still.

Human Bodily Micromotion in Music Perception and Interaction.

You just can’t stand still

Not moving to dance music is near impossible, according to new research. Read a feature story about the MICRO project.

Aims and objectives

This project sought to investigate the close relationships between musical sound and human bodily micromotion. Micromotion is here used to describe the smallest motion that we can produce and experience, typically at a rate lower than 10 mm/s.

Example plots of the micromotion observed in the motion capture data of a person standing still for 10 minutes. Photo of a form with handwriting.
Example plots of the micromotion observed in the motion capture data of a person standing still for 10 minutes.

The last decades have seen an increased focus on the role of the human body in both the performance and the perception of music. Up to now, however, the micro-level of these experiences has received little attention.

This short video describes the MICRO project when it began in 2016:

The project completed most of its planned activities and several more:

  1. The scientific results include many insights about human music-related micromotion. Results have been presented in one doctoral dissertation, two master theses, several journal papers, and at numerous conferences. As hypothesized, music influences human micromotion. This has been verified with different types of music in all the collected datasets. We have also found that music with a regular and strong beat, particularly electronic dance music, leads to more motion. Our data also supports the idea that music with a pulse of around 120 beats per minute is more motion-inducing than music with slower or faster tempi. In addition, we found that people generally moved more when listening with headphones. Towards the end of the project, we began studying whether there are individual differences. One study found that people who score high on empathic concern move more to music than others. This aligns with findings from recent studies of larger-scale music-related body motion.

  2. Data collected from the project has been released openly in Oslo Standstill Database. The database contains data from all Championships of Standstill, the Headphones-Speakers study, and from the Sverm project that preceded MICRO.

  3. Software developed during the project has been made openly available. This includes various analysis scrips implemented in Jupyter Notebooks. Several of the developed software modules have been wrapped up in the Musical Gestures Toolbox for Python.

  4. The scientific results have inspired a series of artistic explorations, including several installations and performances with the Self-playing Guitars, Oslo Muscle Band, and the Micromotion Apps.

  5. The project and its results have been disseminated widely, including many media appearances, such as newspaper stories and several interviews on national TV and radio.

Hear PhD fellow Agata Zelechowska talk about her latest study in the MICRO project:

Research approach

The project was inspired by recent theories of embodied music cognition and has had a multidisciplinary approach. The PI’s interdisciplinary background in musicology, informatics, and the performing arts, shaped the overarching ideas of the project.

The PhD project of Agata Zelechowska was of a music psychological nature. She was in charge of the study investigating differences between headphones and speakers. She also helped shape the focus on individual differences. The postdoctoral project of Victor Gonzalez Sanchez was focused on motion capture and advanced motion analysis. His background in biomechanics and signal processing was particularly important for understanding more about the fractal nature of human micromotion. The project of researcher Finn Upham added an extra dimension by focusing on respiratory patterns, research that will continue in a new project.

Several master’s students contributed to the MICRO project through their theses and as research assistants. Ashane da Silva worked on the sonification of micromotion patterns. Mari Lesteberg has developed a series of micromotion apps with accessibility in mind. Habibur Rahman helped with developing the self-playing guitars. Bálint Laczkó, Frida Furmyr, and Marcus Widmer contributed to the Musical Gestures Toolbox for Python. Augusto Dias and Pedro Lucas developed the MusicLab app for collecting micromotion data in ecological settings.

Scientific knowledge from the MICRO project was used in the development of several installations and performances. Here from an installation with the Self-playing guitars at Ultima 2017.

Impact

MICRO has been a basic research project, so its long-term effects remain to be seen. Some potential impacts:

  • The MICRO experiments are the first to systematically study human music-related micromotion and have already gained interest in the music cognition community.

  • The Oslo Standstill Database has been launched openly and according to the FAIR principles. It will hopefully be a resource for researchers in musicology, psychology, human movement science, informatics, animation, and beyond.

  • The developed software, particularly the new version of the Musical Gestures Toolbox, is already in use by other researchers studying music-related body motion.

  • All the media attention and artistic applications of the project have created a heightened interest in human micromotion, which may have a societal impact in the long run.

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Norwegian broadcaster NRK filming during one of the Championships of Standstill.

Open Research

MICRO has been an Open Research flagship project. This includes making the entire project as open as possible, but as closed as necessary. The project shares publications, data, source code, application, and other parts of the research process openly.

Publications

  • Jensenius, Alexander Refsum (2023). Standing still together: Reflections on a one-year-long exploration of human micromotion. In Wöllner, Clemens & London, Justin (Ed.), Performing Time. Synchrony and Temporal Flow in Music and Dance. Oxford University Press. ISSN 9780192896254. Full text in Research Archive
  • Jensenius, Alexander Refsum & Erdem, Cagri (2022). Gestures in ensemble performance. In Timmers, Renee; Bailes, Freya & Daffern, Helena (Ed.), Together in Music: Coordination, expression, participation. Oxford University Press. ISSN 9780198860761. Full text in Research Archive
  • Remache-Vinueza, Byron; Trujillo-León, Andrés; Clim, Maria-Alena; Sarmiento-Ortiz, Fabián; Topon-Visarrea, Liliana & Jensenius, Alexander Refsum [Show all 7 contributors for this article] (2022). Mapping Monophonic MIDI Tracks to Vibrotactile Stimuli Using Tactile Illusions. In Saitis, Charalampos; Farkhatdinov, Ildar & Papetti, Stefano (Ed.), Haptic and Audio Interaction Design. Springer Nature. ISSN 978-3-031-15019-7.
  • Lesteberg, Mari & Jensenius, Alexander Refsum (2022). MICRO and MACRO - Developing New Accessible Musicking Technologies. In Iber, Michael & Enge, Kajetan (Ed.), Audio Mostly 2022: What you hear is what you see? Perspectives on modalities in sound and music interaction. ACM Publications. ISSN 978-1-4503-9701-8. p. 147–150. doi: 10.1145/3561212.3561231. Full text in Research Archive
  • Masu, Raul; Melbye, Adam Pultz; Sullivan, John & Jensenius, Alexander Refsum (2021). NIME and the Environment: Toward a More Sustainable NIME Practice. In Dannenberg, Roger & Xiao, Xiao (Ed.), Proceedings of the International Conference on New Interfaces for Musical Expression. The International Conference on New Interfaces for Musical Expression. ISSN 2220-4792. Full text in Research Archive
  • Jensenius, Alexander Refsum (2021). Best versus Good Enough Practices for Open Music Research. Empirical Musicology Review. ISSN 1559-5749. 16(1). Full text in Research Archive
  • Laczko, Balint & Jensenius, Alexander Refsum (2021). Reflections on the Development of the Musical Gestures Toolbox for Python. In Kantan, Prithvi Ravi; Paisa, Razvan & Willemsen, Silvin (Ed.), Proceedings of the Nordic Sound and Music Computing Conference. Aalborg Universitetsforlag. Full text in Research Archive
  • Poveda Yánez, Jorge & Jensenius, Alexander Refsum (2020). Computer-based synaesthesia and the design of complex methods to approach multimodal realities of dance and music through technology. An interview with Alexander R. Jensenius, Deputy-Director of the RITMO Centre of Excellence of the University of Oslo. Revista de Humanidades Digitales. doi: 10.5944/rhd.vol.5.2020.27029.
  • Bishop, Laura & Jensenius, Alexander Refsum (2020). Reliability of two infrared motion capture systems in a music performance setting. In Spagnol, Simone & Valle, Andrea (Ed.), Proceedings of the 17th Sound and Music Computing Conference. Axea sas/SMC Network. ISSN 978-88-945415-0-2. Full text in Research Archive
  • Zelechowska, Agata; Gonzalez Sanchez, Victor Evaristo & Jensenius, Alexander Refsum (2020). Standstill to the ‘beat’: Differences in involuntary movement responses to simple and complex rhythms, AM '20: Proceedings of the 15th International Conference on Audio Mostly. Association for Computing Machinery (ACM). ISSN 978-1-4503-7563-4. p. 107–113. doi: 10.1145/3411109.3411139. Full text in Research Archive
  • Zelechowska, Agata (2020). Poruszeni muzyką. Badania nad ruchem ciała w kontekście percepcji muzyki. In Kaleńska-Rodzaj, Julia & Chełkowska-Zacharewicz, Maria (Ed.), Psychologia Muzyki. Wydawnictwo Naukowe PWN. ISSN 9788301213374. p. 87–104.
  • Zelechowska, Agata; Gonzalez Sanchez, Victor Evaristo; Laeng, Bruno; Vuoskoski, Jonna Katariina & Jensenius, Alexander Refsum (2020). Who Moves to Music? Empathic Concern Predicts Spontaneous Movement Responses to Rhythm and Music. Music & Science. ISSN 2059-2043. 3. doi: 10.1177/2059204320974216. Full text in Research Archive
  • Xambó, Anna; Støckert, Robin; Jensenius, Alexander Refsum & Saue, Sigurd (2020). Learning to Code Through Web Audio: A Team-Based Learning Approach. Journal of The Audio Engineering Society. ISSN 1549-4950. 68(10), p. 727–737. doi: 10.17743/jaes.2020.0019. Full text in Research Archive
  • Zelechowska, Agata; Gonzalez-Sanchez, Victor E.; Laeng, Bruno & Jensenius, Alexander Refsum (2020). Headphones or Speakers? An Exploratory Study of Their Effects on Spontaneous Body Movement to Rhythmic Music. Frontiers in Psychology. ISSN 1664-1078. 11(698). doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2020.00698. Full text in Research Archive
  • Erdem, Cagri; Jensenius, Alexander Refsum; Glette, Kyrre; Krzyzaniak, Michael Joseph & Veenstra, Frank (2020). Air-Guitar Control of Interactive Rhythmic Robots. Proceedings of the International Conference on Live Interfaces (Proceedings of ICLI). ISSN 2663-9041. p. 208–210.
  • Gonzalez Sanchez, Victor Evaristo; Dahl, Sofia; Hatfield, Johannes Lunde & Godøy, Rolf Inge (2019). Characterizing movement fluency in musical performance: Toward a generic measure for technology enhanced learning. Frontiers in Psychology. ISSN 1664-1078. 10. doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2019.00084. Full text in Research Archive
  • Becker, Artur; Herrebrøden, Henrik; Gonzalez Sanchez, Victor Evaristo; Nymoen, Kristian; Dal Sasso Freitas, Carla Maria & Tørresen, Jim [Show all 7 contributors for this article] (2019). Functional Data Analysis of Rowing Technique Using Motion Capture Data. In Coleman, Grisha (Eds.), Proceedings of the 6th International Conference on Movement and Computing. ACM Publications. ISSN 978-1-4503-7654-9. doi: 10.1145/3347122.3347135.
  • Gonzalez Sanchez, Victor Evaristo; Zelechowska, Agata & Jensenius, Alexander Refsum (2019). Analysis of the Movement-Inducing Effects of Music through the Fractality of Head Sway during Standstill. Journal of Motor Behavior. ISSN 0022-2895. doi: 10.1080/00222895.2019.1689909. Full text in Research Archive
  • Luniewska, Magdalena; Chyl, Katarzyna; Debska, Agnieszka; Banaszkiewicz, Anna; Zelechowska, Agata & Marchewka, Artur [Show all 8 contributors for this article] (2019). Children With Dyslexia and Familial Risk for Dyslexia Present Atypical Development of the Neuronal Phonological Network. Frontiers in Neuroscience. ISSN 1662-4548. 13, p. 1–19. doi: 10.3389/fnins.2019.01287. Full text in Research Archive
  • Alarcón Diaz, Ximena & Jensenius, Alexander Refsum (2019). “Ellos no están entendiendo nada” [“They are not understanding anything”]: embodied remembering as complex narrative in a Telematic Sonic Improvisation. In Søndergaard, Morten & Beloff, Laura (Ed.), Proceedings of RE:SOUND 2019. British Computer Society (BCS). ISSN 1477-9358. doi: 10.14236/ewic/resound19.32. Full text in Research Archive
  • Xambo Sedo, Anna; Støckert, Robin; Jensenius, Alexander Refsum & Saue, Sigurd (2019). Facilitating Team-Based Programming Learning with Web Audio. In Xambo Sedo, Anna; Martin, Sara R. & Roma, Gerard (Ed.), Proceedings of the International Web Audio Conference. NTNU. ISSN 2663-5844. p. 2–7. Full text in Research Archive
  • Xambo Sedo, Anna; Saue, Sigurd; Jensenius, Alexander Refsum; Støckert, Robin & Brandtsegg, Øyvind (2019). NIME Prototyping in Teams: A Participatory Approach to Teaching Physical Computing. In Queiroz, Marcelo & Xambo Sedo, Anna (Ed.), Proceedings of the International Conference on New Interfaces for Musical Expression. Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul. ISSN 2220-4792. p. 216–221. Full text in Research Archive
  • Erdem, Cagri; Schia, Katja Henriksen & Jensenius, Alexander Refsum (2019). Vrengt: A Shared Body–Machine Instrument for Music–Dance Performance. In Queiroz, Marcelo & Xambo Sedo, Anna (Ed.), Proceedings of the International Conference on New Interfaces for Musical Expression. Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul. ISSN 2220-4792. p. 477–482. Full text in Research Archive
  • Erdem, Cagri; Schia, Katja Henriksen & Jensenius, Alexander Refsum (2019). Vrengt: A Shared Body–Machine Instrument for Music–Dance Performance. In Visi, Federico (Eds.), Music Proceedings of the International Conference on New Interfaces for Musical Expression. Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul. ISSN 2220-4792. Full text in Research Archive
  • Jensenius, Alexander Refsum (2018). The Musical Gestures Toolbox for Matlab. In Gómez, Emilia; Hu, Xiao; Humphrey, Eric & Benetos, Emmanouil (Ed.), Proceedings of the 19th International Society for Music Information Retrieval Conference. Institut de Recherche et Coordination Acoustique/Musique. ISSN 978-2-9540351-2-3. Full text in Research Archive
  • Martin, Charles Patrick; Jensenius, Alexander Refsum & Tørresen, Jim (2018). Composing an ensemble standstill work for Myo and Bela. In Dahl, Luke; Bowman, Doug & Martin, Tom (Ed.), Proceedings of the International Conference On New Interfaces For Musical Expression. Virginia Tech. ISSN 2220-4792. p. 196–197. Full text in Research Archive
  • Gonzalez Sanchez, Victor Evaristo; Martin, Charles Patrick; Zelechowska, Agata; Bjerkestrand, Kari Anne Vadstensvik; Johnson, Victoria Kristine Å & Jensenius, Alexander Refsum (2018). Bela-based augmented acoustic guitars for sonic microinteraction. In Dahl, Luke; Bowman, Doug & Martin, Tom (Ed.), Proceedings of the International Conference On New Interfaces For Musical Expression. Virginia Tech. ISSN 2220-4792. p. 324–327. Full text in Research Archive
  • Gonzalez Sanchez, Victor Evaristo; Zelechowska, Agata & Jensenius, Alexander Refsum (2018). Muscle activity response of the audience during an experimental music performance. In Cunningham, Stuart (Eds.), Proceedings of the Audio Mostly 2018 on Sound in Immersion and Emotion. Association for Computing Machinery (ACM). ISSN 978-1-4503-5373-1. doi: 10.1145/3243274.3243278. Full text in Research Archive
  • Jensenius, Alexander Refsum (2018). Methods for Studying Music-Related Body Motion. In Bader, Rolf (Eds.), Springer Handbook of Systematic Musicology. Springer Nature. ISSN 978-3-662-55002-1. p. 805–818. doi: 10.1007/978-3-662-55004-5_38. Full text in Research Archive
  • Gonzalez Sanchez, Victor Evaristo; Zelechowska, Agata & Jensenius, Alexander Refsum (2018). Correspondences Between Music and Involuntary Human Micromotion During Standstill. Frontiers in Psychology. ISSN 1664-1078. 9. doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2018.01382. Full text in Research Archive
  • Jensenius, Alexander Refsum; Gonzalez Sanchez, Victor Evaristo; Zelechowska, Agata & Bjerkestrand, Kari Anne Vadstensvik (2017). Exploring the Myo controller for sonic microinteraction. In Erkut, Cumhur (Eds.), Proceedings of the International Conference on New Interfaces for Musical Expression. Aalborg University Copenhagen. ISSN 2220-4792. p. 442–445. Full text in Research Archive
  • Jensenius, Alexander Refsum (2017). Sonic Microinteraction in "the Air". In Lesaffre, Micheline; Maes, Pieter-Jan & Leman, Marc (Ed.), The Routledge Companion to Embodied Music Interaction. Routledge. ISSN 9781138657403. doi: 10.4324/9781315621364-47. Full text in Research Archive
  • Jensenius, Alexander Refsum (2017). Expert Commentary: Pushing The Sensor Boundaries In Digital Musical Instruments. In Jensenius, Alexander Refsum & Lyons, Michael J. (Ed.), A NIME Reader: Fifteen Years of New Interfaces for Musical Expression. Springer Science+Business Media B.V.. ISSN 978-3-319-47213-3. p. 402–403.
  • Jensenius, Alexander Refsum (2017). Exploring music-related micromotion. In Wöllner, Clemens (Eds.), Body, Sound and Space in Music and Beyond: Multimodal Explorations. Routledge. ISSN 9781472485403. doi: 10.4324/9781315569628-3. Full text in Research Archive
  • Jensenius, Alexander Refsum; Zelechowska, Agata & Gonzalez Sanchez, Victor Evaristo (2017). The Musical Influence on People's Micromotion when Standing Still in Groups. In Lokki, Tapio; Pätynen, Jukka & Välimäki, Vesa (Ed.), Proceedings of the 14th Sound and Music Computing Conference 2017. Aalto University. ISSN 978-952-60-3729-5. p. 195–200. Full text in Research Archive

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  • Jensenius, Alexander Refsum (2022). Sound Actions: Conceptualizing Musical Instruments. MIT Press. ISBN 9780262544634. 304 p. Full text in Research Archive

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  • Jensenius, Alexander Refsum (2024). Stod stille hver dag i 10 minutter. [TV]. NRK Helgemorgen.
  • Jensenius, Alexander Refsum & Lilleeng, Sverre (2024). Professor stillstand. [Internet]. NRK.
  • Jensenius, Alexander Refsum (2023). Explorations of human micromotion through standing still.
  • Jensenius, Alexander Refsum (2023). Conceptualizing Musical Instruments.
  • Jensenius, Alexander Refsum (2023). Sound Actions: An Embodied approach to a Digital Organology.
  • Jensenius, Alexander Refsum (2023). Conceptualizing Musical Instruments.
  • Olaisen, Sofie Retterstøl; Jensenius, Alexander Refsum & Vuoskoski, Jonna Katariina (2023). Una må danse når ho høyrer musikk: – Eit urgamalt instinkt. [Internet]. NRK.
  • Jensenius, Alexander Refsum & Zürn, Christof (2023). Standing still with Alexander Refsum Jensenius. [Internet]. The Power of Music Thinking.
  • Jensenius, Alexander Refsum (2023). Still Standing: The effects of sound and music on people standing still.
  • Jensenius, Alexander Refsum (2023). Still Standing: The effects of sound and music on people standing still.
  • Jensenius, Alexander Refsum (2023). Exploring large datasets of human, music-related standstill.
  • Jensenius, Alexander Refsum (2023). Observing spaces while standing still.
  • Jensenius, Alexander Refsum (2023). Explorations of human micromotion through standing still.
  • Jensenius, Alexander Refsum (2023). Exploring Human Micromotion Through Standing Still.
  • Lesteberg, Mari & Jensenius, Alexander Refsum (2022). MICRO and MACRO - Developing New Accessible Musicking Technologies.
  • Jensenius, Alexander Refsum (2022). Erfaringer med å lage 3xMOOC.
  • Jensenius, Alexander Refsum (2022). Responsible Research and Innovation in Sound and Music Computing.
  • Remache-Vinueza, Byron; Trujillo-León, Andrés; Clim, Maria-Alena; Sarmiento-Ortiz, Fabián; Topon-Visarrea, Liliana & Jensenius, Alexander Refsum [Show all 7 contributors for this article] (2022). Mapping Monophonic MIDI Tracks to Vibrotactile Stimuli Using Tactile Illusions.
  • Remache-Vinueza, Byron & Jensenius, Alexander Refsum (2022). Groundbreaking New Technology Allows People To Listen to Music Through Touch. [Internet]. SciTechDaily.
  • Jensenius, Alexander Refsum & Ashley, Kevin (2022). FAIR in Higher Education.
  • Jensenius, Alexander Refsum; Furmyr, Frida; Poutaraud, Joachim; Widmer, Marcus & Laczko, Balint (2022). The Musical Gestures Toolbox for Python.
  • Upham, Finn; Zelechowska, Agata; Gonzalez, Victor & Jensenius, Alexander Refsum (2021). Quiet Breathing to Heard Music.
  • Zelechowska, Agata; Gonzalez, Victor & Jensenius, Alexander Refsum (2021). Championship of Standstill: A paradigm to study involuntary responses to music with the use of motion capture.
  • Masu, Raul; Melbye, Adam Pultz; Sullivan, John & Jensenius, Alexander Refsum (2021). NIME Eco Wiki: A Crash Course.
  • Jensenius, Alexander Refsum (2021). Technology on the opera stage.
  • Masu, Raul; Melbye, Adam Pultz; Sullivan, John & Jensenius, Alexander Refsum (2021). NIME and the Environment: Toward a More Sustainable NIME Practice.
  • Jensenius, Alexander Refsum (2021). The experience of time and space in human standstill.
  • Jensenius, Alexander Refsum (2021). Hvorfor leder åpenhet til bedre forskning?
  • Zelechowska, Agata & Pileberg, Silje (2021). Denne musikken gjør at du ikke klarer å stå i ro.
  • Zelechowska, Agata & Pileberg, Silje (2021). Some music makes it impossible to stand still.
  • Jensenius, Alexander Refsum & Holm, Hege (2021). Hva får oss ut på dansegulvet? [Radio]. NRK P1.
  • Jensenius, Alexander Refsum & Sørbø, Solveig Isis (2021). Lyd, stillhet, bevegelse og stillstand. [Radio]. Radiorakel.
  • Zelechowska, Agata & Pileberg, Silje (2021). Some music makes it impossible to stand still.
  • Zelechowska, Agata & Pileberg, Silje (2021). Some music makes it impossible to stand still.
  • Laczko, Balint & Jensenius, Alexander Refsum (2021). Reflections on the Development of the Musical Gestures Toolbox for Python.
  • Jensenius, Alexander Refsum & Ingebrethsen, Christian (2020). Hvor vanskelig er det egentlig å la være å bevege seg til fengende musikk? [TV]. NRK Dagsrevyen.
  • Jensenius, Alexander Refsum & Lilleslåtten, Mari (2020). Du klarer faktisk ikke å stå stille. [Internet]. HF-aktuelt.
  • Jensenius, Alexander Refsum & Ingebrethsen, Christian (2020). Klarer du å stå stille til favorittlåta di? [Internet]. NRK.no.
  • Jensenius, Alexander Refsum & Ingebrethsen, Christian (2020). Forskning om danselyst. [Radio]. NRK P2.
  • Jensenius, Alexander Refsum & Ingebrethsen, Christian (2020). Nesten umulig å stå i ro til musikk. [Radio]. NRK P2.
  • Gonzalez Sanchez, Victor Evaristo; Zelechowska, Agata & Jensenius, Alexander Refsum (2020). MICRO Motion capture data from groups of participants standing still to auditory stimuli (2012).
  • Jensenius, Alexander Refsum & Ingebrethsen, Christian (2020). Musikk laget av kunstig intelligens. [TV]. NRK Dagsrevyen.
  • Jensenius, Alexander Refsum & Ingebrethsen, Christian (2020). Musikk laget av algoritmer utfordrer musikkbransjen: – Det er klart vi er bekymret. [Internet]. NRK.no.
  • Jensenius, Alexander Refsum & Ingebrethsen, Christian (2020). Kan en datamaskin lage den neste megahiten? [Radio]. NRK P2.
  • Gonzalez, Victor; Zelechowska, Agata & Jensenius, Alexander Refsum (2020). MICRO Motion capture data from groups of participants standing still to auditory stimuli (2015).
  • Jensenius, Alexander Refsum & Lilleslåtten, Mari (2020). You just can’t stand still. [Internet]. HF-aktuelt.
  • Jensenius, Alexander Refsum (2020). Some Challenges of Citizen Science for Universities.
  • Zelechowska, Agata (2020). What is musical entrainment?
  • Zelechowska, Agata (2020). Irresistible Movement: The Role of Musical Sound, Individual Differences and Listening Context in Movement Responses to Music.
  • Jensenius, Alexander Refsum; Erdem, Cagri; Kwak, Dongho Daniel; Rahman, Habibur; Glette, Kyrre & Krzyzaniak, Michael Joseph [Show all 7 contributors for this article] (2020). Strings On-Line.
  • Jensenius, Alexander Refsum (2020). Hvorfor er åpen forskning bedre forskning?
  • Jensenius, Alexander Refsum & Andersson, Bård (2020). Umulig å stå stille til musikk . [Newspaper]. KulturPlot.
  • Malec, Monika & Zelechowska, Agata (2020). Pocztówka dźwiękowa. [Radio]. Polskie Radio Lublin.
  • Zelechowska, Agata; Gonzalez Sanchez, Victor Evaristo & Jensenius, Alexander Refsum (2020). Standstill to the ‘beat’: Differences in involuntary movement responses to simple and complex rhythms.
  • Jensenius, Alexander Refsum (2020). Video Visualization Strategies at RITMO.
  • Jensenius, Alexander Refsum & Svendsen, Njord Vegard (2020). Spelelystene. [Newspaper]. Khrono.
  • Alarcón Diaz, Ximena & Jensenius, Alexander Refsum (2019). "Ellos no están entendiendo nada" ("They are not understanding anything"): Listening to Embodied Memories of Colombian Migrant Women Reflecting on Conflict and Migration.
  • Jensenius, Alexander Refsum; Martin, Charles Patrick; Erdem, Cagri; Lan, Qichao; Fuhrer, Julian Peter & Gonzalez Sanchez, Victor Evaristo [Show all 8 contributors for this article] (2019). Self-playing Guitars.
  • Jensenius, Alexander Refsum (2019). The RITMO Centre at University of Oslo .
  • Jensenius, Alexander Refsum (2019). Developing the self-playing guitars.
  • Jensenius, Alexander Refsum (2019). Tutorial: Musical Gestures Toolbox.
  • Erdem, Cagri; Schia, Katja Henriksen & Jensenius, Alexander Refsum (2019). Vrengt: A Shared Body–Machine Instrument for Music–Dance Performance.
  • Becker, Artur; Herrebrøden, Henrik; Gonzalez Sanchez, Victor Evaristo; Nymoen, Kristian; Dal Sasso Freitas, Carla Maria & Tørresen, Jim [Show all 7 contributors for this article] (2019). Functional Data Analysis of Rowing Technique Using Motion Capture Data.
  • Jensenius, Alexander Refsum (2019). Scientific Computing Use Case: RITMO.
  • Jensenius, Alexander Refsum; Erdem, Cagri; Zelechowska, Agata; Lan, Qichao; Fuhrer, Julian Peter & Gonzalez Sanchez, Victor Evaristo (2019). Entraining Guitars.
  • Jensenius, Alexander Refsum (2019). Exploring the Spatiotemporal Matrix in Music-Dance Performance.
  • Jensenius, Alexander Refsum (2019). Technology and the voice.
  • Erdem, Cagri; Schia, Katja Henriksen & Jensenius, Alexander Refsum (2019). Vrengt: A Shared Body–Machine Instrument for Music–Dance Performance.
  • Gonzalez Sanchez, Victor Evaristo; Herrebrøden, Henrik; Olimstad, Jostein & Jensenius, Alexander Refsum (2019). Effects of acoustic pacing on the smoothness of rowing movements.
  • Jensenius, Alexander Refsum (2019). Reflections from a Carpentries Train the Trainer Workshop. [Business/trade/industry journal]. Carpentries.org.
  • Xambo Sedo, Anna; Støckert, Robin; Jensenius, Alexander Refsum & Saue, Sigurd (2019). Facilitating Team-Based Programming Learning with Web Audio.
  • Jensenius, Alexander Refsum (2019). Sound actions: An embodied approach to a digital organology.
  • Jensenius, Alexander Refsum & Lieungh, Erik (2019). #26 Music Research. [Radio]. Open Science Talk.
  • Zelechowska, Agata & Lokna, Maria (2019). Vi er konstant absorbert i en annen verden.
  • Gonzalez Sanchez, Victor Evaristo (2019). MICRO: Human Bodily Micromotion in Music Perception and Interaction.
  • Jensenius, Alexander Refsum (2019). Experimenting with Open Research Experiments.
  • Jensenius, Alexander Refsum (2019). Hva kan kroppslig stillstand si om opplevelsen av musikk?
  • Jensenius, Alexander Refsum (2019). Å stå stille.
  • Jensenius, Alexander Refsum (2019). Sound actions: An embodied approach to a digital organology.
  • Jensenius, Alexander Refsum & Jørgensen, Paul Arvid (2019). Kulturstripa: Musikken som beveger. [Radio]. NRK P2.
  • Sørbø, Solveig Isis; Good, Matthew & Jensenius, Alexander Refsum (2019). RITMO + UB = MusicLab.
  • Jensenius, Alexander Refsum; Schramm, Rodrigo; Coccioli, Lamberto; Mancini, Clara & Lyons, Michael J. (2019). Ethics at NIME.
  • Alarcón Diaz, Ximena; Boddie, Paul; Erdem, Cagri; Aandahl, Eigil; Andersen, Elias Sukken & Dahl, Eirik [Show all 8 contributors for this article] (2019). Sensing Place and Presence in an INTIMAL Long-Distance Improvisation.
  • Jensenius, Alexander Refsum (2019). Lecture-demo: Music-Related Micromotion.
  • Jensenius, Alexander Refsum & Seres, Silvija (2019). Ekspørt: Alexander Refsum Jensenius. [Radio]. LØRN Podcast.
  • Jensenius, Alexander Refsum; McPherson, Andrew; Xambo Sedo, Anna; Overholt, Dan; Pellerin, Guillaume & Bukvic, Ivica Ico [Show all 8 contributors for this article] (2019). Open Research Strategies and Tools in the NIME Community.
  • Jensenius, Alexander Refsum (2018). Dans i musikkfaget i skolen.
  • Jensenius, Alexander Refsum (2018). Sophus Bugges Salong: Rytmer og følelser.
  • Jensenius, Alexander Refsum (2018). Forskerbloggen: Hvorfor får man lyst til å danse til musikk? [TV]. NRK.
  • MacCallum:, John; Naccarato, Teoma; Caramiaux, Baptiste; Gonzalez Sanchez, Victor Evaristo; Fdili Alaoui, Sarah & LaViers, Amy [Show all 10 contributors for this article] (2018). Panel: What Escapes Computation in Interactive Performance?
  • Gonzalez Sanchez, Victor Evaristo & Jensenius, Alexander Refsum (2018). Analysing the synchronisation of COM motion with music in human standing.
  • Jensenius, Alexander Refsum; Bjerkestrand, Kari Anne Vadstensvik; Johnson, Victoria; Gonzalez Sanchez, Victor Evaristo; Zelechowska, Agata & Jensenius, Francesca R. (2018). Sverm-Pluck.
  • Jensenius, Alexander Refsum (2018). Kan musikk påvirke stillstanden din? Forskning.no. ISSN 1891-635X.
  • Jensenius, Alexander Refsum (2018). The Musical Gestures Toolbox for Matlab.
  • Gonzalez Sanchez, Victor Evaristo; Zelechowska, Agata & Jensenius, Alexander Refsum (2018). Muscle activity response of the audience during an experimental music performance.
  • Martin, Charles Patrick; Gonzalez Sanchez, Victor Evaristo; Zelechowska, Agata; Erdem, Cagri & Jensenius, Alexander Refsum (2018). Stillness under Tension.
  • Jensenius, Alexander Refsum (2018). Introduction to Musical Gestures Toolbox for Matlab.
  • Martin, Charles Patrick; Lesteberg, Mari; Jawad, Karolina; Aandahl, Eigil; Xambó, Anna & Jensenius, Alexander Refsum (2018). Stillness under Tension.
  • Danielsen, Anne & Jensenius, Alexander Refsum (2018). UiOs innovasjonspris til RITMO ved Anne Danielsen og Alexander Refsum Jensenius. [Business/trade/industry journal]. Ballade.
  • Jensenius, Alexander Refsum & Seres, Silvija (2018). #89: Alexander Jensenius: Slik danser du din egen musikk. [Internet]. Oslo Business Forum.
  • Jensenius, Alexander Refsum & Zhou, Bo (2018). Musical Gestures Toolbox for Matlab.
  • Fuhrer, Julian Peter; Glette, Kyrre & Jensenius, Alexander Refsum (2018). Interactive Animation of the RITMO Logo.
  • Jensenius, Alexander Refsum & Vogt, Yngve (2018). Musikkprogram kan avsløre cerebral parese. [Internet]. Apollon.
  • Jensenius, Alexander Refsum; Sparbo, Njål; Sen, Sagar & Edvardsen, Elisabeth (2018). Breath, breathing and the sensing of breathing.
  • Jensenius, Alexander Refsum; Sørbø, Solveig Isis & Arvola, Jakob (2018). MusicLab - et nytt konsept for forskning og forskningsformidling. [Radio]. NRK Klassisk.
  • Zelechowska, Agata; Gonzalez Sanchez, Victor Evaristo & Jensenius, Alexander Refsum (2018). How music moves us? Studying human body micromotion in music perception.
  • Martin, Charles Patrick; Jensenius, Alexander Refsum & Tørresen, Jim (2018). Composing an ensemble standstill work for Myo and Bela.
  • Jensenius, Alexander Refsum; Martin, Charles Patrick; Bjerkestrand, Kari Anne Vadstensvik & Johnson, Victoria (2018). Stillness under Tension.
  • Martin, Charles Patrick; Xambó, Anna; Visi, Federico; Morreale, Fabio & Jensenius, Alexander Refsum (2018). Stillness under Tension.
  • Gonzalez Sanchez, Victor Evaristo; Martin, Charles Patrick; Zelechowska, Agata; Bjerkestrand, Kari Anne Vadstensvik; Johnson, Victoria & Jensenius, Alexander Refsum (2018). Bela-based augmented acoustic guitars for sonic microinteraction.
  • Jensenius, Alexander Refsum (2018). How I try to do it FAIR.
  • Jensenius, Alexander Refsum (2018). Motion Capture in Music Performance, Perception and Interaction.
  • Schia, Katja Henriksen; Erdem, Cagri; Lan, Qichao & Jensenius, Alexander Refsum (2018). Music-Dance Performance: "Rhythm".
  • Vestre, Eskil Olaf; Danielsen, Anne; Jensenius, Alexander Refsum; London, Justin; Schia, Katja Henriksen & Abramczyk, Filip (2018). Rytmen er en danser. [Business/trade/industry journal]. Ballade.
  • Jensenius, Alexander Refsum; Danielsen, Anne; London, Justin; Schia, Katja Henriksen & Abramczyk, Filip (2018). Intellectual warm-up: "Rhythm".
  • Jensenius, Alexander Refsum (2018). The importance of "nothing": studying human music-related micromotion.
  • Jensenius, Alexander Refsum (2018). Studying "nothing": complexities of human music-related micromotion.
  • Jensenius, Alexander Refsum; Duch, Michael Francis; Langdalen, Jørgen; Åse, Tone; Larsen, Edvine & Østern, Tone Pernille (2018). Kunsten å forske.
  • Jensenius, Alexander Refsum (2018). Ny musikkforskning ved RITMO.
  • Jensenius, Alexander Refsum (2018). Fremtiden er analog - perspektiver på humaniora og teknologi.
  • Jære, Lisbet; Danielsen, Anne & Jensenius, Alexander Refsum (2018). På sporet av rytmen. [Internet]. Uniforum.
  • Bøhn, Einar Duenger; Smajdor, Anna Colette & Jensenius, Alexander Refsum (2018). Humaniora og teknologi.
  • Danielsen, Anne & Jensenius, Alexander Refsum (2018). Rytme i tid og rom.
  • Jack, Robert; Jensenius, Alexander Refsum; Gonzalez Sanchez, Victor Evaristo; Bjerkestrand, Kari Anne Vadstensvik; Zelechowska, Agata & Martin, Charles Patrick [Show all 7 contributors for this article] (2018). Sverm-Resonans: interactive installation with resonating guitars and Bela. [Internet]. Bela blog.
  • Jensenius, Alexander Refsum; Adde, Lars & Flydal, Lars O. (2018). Forskningsmøte mellom musikk og medisin. [Newspaper]. Vårt Land.
  • Lartillot, Olivier; Jensenius, Alexander Refsum & Haugen, Toril (2018). Mobilen finner musikk når du beveger hånden. [Internet]. Forskning.no.
  • Jensenius, Alexander Refsum (2018). Åpen forskning - et humanistisk-teknologisk perspektiv.
  • Jensenius, Alexander Refsum & Klausen, Aslaug Olette (2017). Vil finne magien i musikken. [Newspaper]. Morgenbladet.
  • Jensenius, Alexander Refsum; Bjerkestrand, Kari Anne Vadstensvik; Johnson, Victoria; Gonzalez Sanchez, Victor Evaristo; Zelechowska, Agata & Martin, Charles Patrick (2017). Sverm-resonans.
  • Jensenius, Alexander Refsum (2017). From resonating strings to autonomous electronic instruments - towards a new organology.
  • Jensenius, Alexander Refsum; Bjerkestrand, Kari Anne Vadstensvik; Johnson, Victoria; Gonzalez Sanchez, Victor Evaristo; Zelechowska, Agata & Martin, Charles Patrick (2017). Sverm-Resonans.
  • Gonzalez Sanchez, Victor Evaristo; Zelechowska, Agata & Jensenius, Alexander Refsum (2017). The influence of music in people's standstill.
  • Jensenius, Alexander Refsum (2017). Touching the digital: acoustic resonances in an electronic world.
  • Jensenius, Alexander Refsum (2017). Fremtidens musikk.
  • Jensenius, Alexander Refsum; Martin, Charles Patrick; Gonzalez Sanchez, Victor Evaristo; Zelechowska, Agata & Johnson, Victoria (2017). Sverm-Resonans.
  • Jensenius, Alexander Refsum; Bjerkestrand, Kari Anne Vadstensvik; Donnarumma, Marco; Brean, Are & Bruusgaard, Jo C. (2017). Panel: Biophysical Music.
  • Jensenius, Alexander Refsum; Martin, Charles Patrick; Bjerkestrand, Kari Anne Vadstensvik & Johnson, Victoria (2017). Sverm-Muscle.
  • Jensenius, Alexander Refsum & Fotland, Margaret Louise (2017). European Open Data Champions. [Internet]. SPARC Europe.
  • Jensenius, Alexander Refsum; Kvifte, Tellef; Innervik, Kjell Tore; Martin, Charles Patrick; Brøvig-Hanssen, Ragnhild & Lossius, Trond [Show all 7 contributors for this article] (2017). Panel: New Interfaces for Musical Expression.
  • Jensenius, Alexander Refsum (2017). Fremtidens musikk.
  • Jensenius, Alexander Refsum & Flydal, Lars O. (2017). Leter etter magien i musikken. [Newspaper]. Vårt Land.
  • Jensenius, Alexander Refsum; Gonzalez Sanchez, Victor Evaristo; Zelechowska, Agata & Bjerkestrand, Kari Anne Vadstensvik (2017). Exploring the Myo controller for sonic microinteraction.
  • Jensenius, Alexander Refsum (2017). Micro, Meso, Macro: Music-related body motion at different spatiotemporal levels.
  • Jensenius, Alexander Refsum & Sundquist, Jonas Hartford (2017). Forsker på musikk - ved å stå stille. [Internet]. Khrono.
  • Jensenius, Alexander Refsum (2017). Musikk og bevegelses-laben ved Institutt for musikkvitenskap.
  • Jensenius, Alexander Refsum (2017). Humanities and technology - with a musicological twist.
  • Jensenius, Alexander Refsum (2017). Status musikkteknologi ved UiO: forskning og undervisning.
  • Zelechowska, Agata (2017). Combining eye-tracking and motion capture to study human bodily micromotion in music perception.
  • Jensenius, Alexander Refsum (2017). Musikk og bevegelse.
  • Jensenius, Alexander Refsum (2017). Åpen forskning - et humanistisk-teknologisk perspektiv.
  • Jensenius, Alexander Refsum (2017). Kognisjon, musikk og teknologi.
  • Jensenius, Alexander Refsum & Kelkar, Tejaswinee (2017). Improvisation for Linnstrument, voice and Mogees.
  • Jensenius, Alexander Refsum; Bjerkestrand, Kari Anne Vadstensvik; Johnson, Victoria; Gonzalez Sanchez, Victor Evaristo; Zelechowska, Agata & Martin, Charles Patrick (2017). Sverm-Resonans.
  • Jensenius, Alexander Refsum & Klausen, Aslaug Olette (2017). Tar roboter over musikken? [Business/trade/industry journal]. Ballade.
  • Jensenius, Alexander Refsum; Bjerkestrand, Kari Anne Vadstensvik; Johnson, Victoria; Gonzalez Sanchez, Victor Evaristo; Zelechowska, Agata & Martin, Charles Patrick (2017). Sverm-Puls.
  • Jensenius, Alexander Refsum; Bjerkestrand, Kari Anne Vadstensvik; Johnson, Victoria; Gonzalez Sanchez, Victor Evaristo; Zelechowska, Agata & Martin, Charles Patrick (2017). Sverm-Resonans.
  • Martin, Charles Patrick; Gonzalez Sanchez, Victor Evaristo; Kelkar, Tejaswinee; Zelechowska, Agata; Berggren, Stig Johan & Hopgood, Christina [Show all 13 contributors for this article] (2017). Ensemble Metatone - Improvised Touchscreen Performance.
  • Jensenius, Alexander Refsum; Zelechowska, Agata & Gonzalez Sanchez, Victor Evaristo (2017). The musical influence on people’s micromotion when standing still in groups.
  • Jensenius, Alexander Refsum (2017). From Interactive music-dance to clinical tool for cerebral palsy.
  • Jensenius, Alexander Refsum & Svarstad, Jørgen (2017). Han brukte fire år på å få forskningsstøtte. [Internet]. Forskerforum.
  • Jensenius, Alexander Refsum (2017). Åpen forskning - et humanistisk-teknologisk perspektiv.
  • Jensenius, Alexander Refsum (2017). The importance of "nothing": studying human music-related micromotion.
  • Jensenius, Alexander Refsum (2017). Online tools that will kickstart creativity.
  • Jensenius, Alexander Refsum (2017). Quantitative Video analysis for Qualitative Research.
  • Jensenius, Alexander Refsum (2017). Introduction to the SoundTracer Project.
  • Jensenius, Alexander Refsum (2016). Åpen forskning - et humanistisk-teknologisk perspektiv.
  • Jensenius, Alexander Refsum & Johnsen, Niklas Aune (2016). Hvordan påvirkes musikk og dans av hverandre? [Radio]. NRK P1 Kveldsåpent.
  • Zhou, Bo & Jensenius, Alexander Refsum (2016). The Musical Gestures Toolbox – Towards Digital Musicology in Matlab.
  • Jensenius, Alexander Refsum (2016). Exploring Music-related Micromotion in the Artistic-Scientific Research Project Sverm.
  • Jensenius, Alexander Refsum (2016). Why does technology help music become more human?
  • Jensenius, Alexander Refsum (2016). Musikk som beveger.
  • Jensenius, Alexander Refsum; Zeiner-Henriksen, Hans T. & Nymoen, Kristian (2016). Music Moves: Why does music make you move?
  • Jensenius, Alexander Refsum & Duch, Michael Francis (2016). Edges.
  • Jensenius, Alexander Refsum (2016). Slik påvirker musikk og dans oss. [Internet]. Helseinfo.
  • Jensenius, Alexander Refsum (2016). Musikk, dansefot og gåsehud. [Radio]. NRK P1 Kveldsåpent.
  • Jensenius, Alexander Refsum & Hope, Tora (2016). Mennesket er avhengig av rytme. [Internet]. Framtida.no.
  • Jensenius, Alexander Refsum & Aasen, Tina (2016). Den nye luksusen den absolutte tyssnad... [Journal]. Henne.
  • Jensenius, Alexander Refsum (2016). The Influence of Music on Human Standstill.
  • Jensenius, Alexander Refsum & Aanstad, Kristine Hellem (2016). Musikkforsker: Pussig at man må sitte stille på klassisk konsert. [Newspaper]. Aftenposten.
  • Jensenius, Alexander Refsum (2016). Musikk som beveger.
  • Jensenius, Alexander Refsum (2016). Embodied Musical Cognition - Challenges and Possibilities.
  • Jensenius, Alexander Refsum (2016). Åpen forskning – et humanistisk-teknologisk perspektiv.
  • Jensenius, Alexander Refsum & Nymoen, Kristian (2016). Muskel- og bevegelsesmusikk.
  • Zelechowska, Agata; Jensenius, Alexander Refsum; Laeng, Bruno & Vuoskoski, Jonna Katariina (2020). Irresistible Movement: The Role of Musical Sound, Individual Differences and Listening Context in Movement Responses to Music. Universitetet i Oslo. Full text in Research Archive
  • Silva, Sembapperumaarachchige & Jensenius, Alexander Refsum (2020). Sonification of Standstill Recordings. Universitetet i Oslo.
  • Zhou, Bo & Jensenius, Alexander Refsum (2016). Video analysis of music-related body motion in Matlab. Universitetet i Oslo.

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Tags: musicology, music technology, music cognition, embodiment
Published July 4, 2016 11:16 AM - Last modified Nov. 14, 2023 1:59 PM

Contact

Alexander Refsum Jensenius

Data

Oslo Standstill Database

Financing

The project was financed by The Research Council of Norway and the University of Oslo.

Duration

2016–2021

Participants

  • Alexander Refsum Jensenius Universitetet i Oslo
  • Victor Evaristo Gonzalez Sanchez Universitetet i Oslo
  • Agata Zelechowska Universitetet i Oslo
  • Finn Upham Universitetet i Oslo
  • Ashane da Silva
  • Mari Lesteberg
  • Bálint Laczkó
  • Pedro Lucas Bravo
  • Augusto Dias
  • Frida Furmyr
  • Marcus Widmer
  • Habibur Rahman
Detailed list of participants