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      BDSMR: Velcro as a Sensory Material and Erotic Interface

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      Politics of the Machines - Art and After (EVA Copenhagen)
      Digital arts and culture
      15 - 17 May 2018
      Aurality, Eroticism, Cyborg, ASMR, BDSM, Sound Studies, Sound Art, Contemporary Art
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            Abstract

            This paper examines the sensory mechanics of the Velcro hook-and-loop fastener and its use as a sound object in contemporary sound-based art and the autonomous sensory meridian response (ASMR) community. With the neologism, BDSMR, I attempt to unpack the notion of velcro as a sound-fetish object by situating it within an emerging audio-visual culture, one that engages in cyborgian practices of sensory stimulation and optimizable arousal. Exploring these new modes of “listening in on“ materials—oftentimes with disembodied binaural ears—we reveal the ways in which the dynamics of the sound object reorientate our understanding of the sensate body and its relationship to the eroticism of aurality. In doing so, I present my own Velcro-based sound sculptures in an attempt to form a dialogue with the velcro material as an artistic medium.

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            Contributors
            Conference
            May 2018
            May 2018
            : 1-3
            Affiliations
            [1 ] Center for Computer Research in Music and Acoustics (CCRMA)

            Stanford University

            Stanford, USA
            Article
            10.14236/ewic/EVAC18.27
            09f275ad-fb4e-4551-8362-3b23c345147f
            © Lem. Published by BCS Learning and Development Ltd. Proceedings of EVA Copenhagen 2018, Denmark

            This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 Unported License. To view a copy of this license, visit http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

            Politics of the Machines - Art and After
            EVA Copenhagen
            7
            Aalborg University, Copenhagen, Denmark
            15 - 17 May 2018
            Electronic Workshops in Computing (eWiC)
            Digital arts and culture
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            1477-9358 BCS Learning & Development

            Self URI (article page): https://www.scienceopen.com/hosted-document?doi=10.14236/ewic/EVAC18.27
            Self URI (journal page): https://ewic.bcs.org/
            Categories
            Electronic Workshops in Computing

            Applied computer science,Computer science,Security & Cryptology,Graphics & Multimedia design,General computer science,Human-computer-interaction
            Cyborg,Aurality,Eroticism,ASMR,BDSM,Sound Studies,Sound Art,Contemporary Art

            References

            1. 2015 Autonomous Sensory Meridian Response (ASMR): a flow-like mental state PeerJ 3:e851

            2. 2017 How Researchers Are Beginning to Gently Probe the Science Behind ASMR https://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/researchers-begin-gently-probe-science- behind-asmr-180962550/ 15 June 2018

            3. 1961 Separable Fastening Device. US3009235. US Patent Office

            4. 1916 L’arte dei rumori. Edizioni futuriste di Poesia

            5. 2008 Naked Intimacy: Eroticism, Improvisation, and Gender Critical Studies in Improvisation / Études critique en improvisation 4 10.21083/csieci.v4i2 845

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