Luc Nijs

the Musical Instrument as a

Natural Extension of the Musician

This project started out as my MA thesis in Philosophy and is the basis of all my further work. Here I investigate why, how, and when musician experience their instrument as a part of themselves.

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Keywords: ecological philosophy, activity theory, flow and presence

the Music Paint Machine

This was my PhD project, in which I developed (with a team) and evaluated (user & classroom study) an interactive educational technology that allows to make a digital painting by moving while playing music

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Keywords: musical creativity, bodily freedom, multimodal learning

MiME - A movement-based approach

to instrumental music learning/teaching

This project is my postdoctoral research. Here I develop a [practice & research]-based pedagogical framework for the integration of creative movement in the instrumental music classroom

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Keywords: musical creativity, bodily freedom, multimodal learning

Kimupe - Kinemusical Performance

This is an artistic research project, in which I explore various movement/dance strategies to develop my improvisations skills

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Keywords: musical improvisation, music-movement association