Abstract
This paper presents a music technology portfolio consisting of 5 distinct
projects, which are each concerned with the concept of physicality in digital
music. The work seeks to address acoustic ecologist R. Murray Schafer’s concept
of schizophonia by imbuing digital music systems with signatures from the analog
world through the use of emerging technologies of physical computing. Physical
control methods were developed and explored for this purpose as well as the use
of computer controlled mechanical actuators operating on acoustic objects. The
resultant projects vary in form - encompassing aspects of automated musical
performance, installation and interactive art as well as design and programming
- but in all the link between sound and source is in some way given physical
tangibility.
projects, which are each concerned with the concept of physicality in digital
music. The work seeks to address acoustic ecologist R. Murray Schafer’s concept
of schizophonia by imbuing digital music systems with signatures from the analog
world through the use of emerging technologies of physical computing. Physical
control methods were developed and explored for this purpose as well as the use
of computer controlled mechanical actuators operating on acoustic objects. The
resultant projects vary in form - encompassing aspects of automated musical
performance, installation and interactive art as well as design and programming
- but in all the link between sound and source is in some way given physical
tangibility.
| Original language | English |
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| Publication status | Published - Apr 2011 |
Keywords
- music
- physical computing
- installation art
- schizophonia
- sonic art