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  • Epi-thet: A Musical performance installation and a choreography of stillness

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    Author(s)
    Humphrey, Tim
    Flynn, Madeleine
    Stevens, Jesse
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    Humphrey, Tim
    Year published
    2010
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    Abstract
    This paper articulates an interest in a kind of interactive musical instrument and artwork that defines the mechanisms for instrumental interactivity from the iconic morphologies of "ready-mades", casting historical utilitarian objects as the basis for performed musical experiences by spectators. The interactive repertoires are therefore partially pre-determined through enculturated behaviors that are associated with particular objects, but more importantly, inextricably linked to the thematic and meaningful assemblage of the work itself. Our new work epi-thet gathers data from individual interactions with common ...
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    This paper articulates an interest in a kind of interactive musical instrument and artwork that defines the mechanisms for instrumental interactivity from the iconic morphologies of "ready-mades", casting historical utilitarian objects as the basis for performed musical experiences by spectators. The interactive repertoires are therefore partially pre-determined through enculturated behaviors that are associated with particular objects, but more importantly, inextricably linked to the thematic and meaningful assemblage of the work itself. Our new work epi-thet gathers data from individual interactions with common microscopes placed on platforms within a large space. This data is correlated with public domain genetic datasets obtained from micro-array analysis. A sonification algorithm generates unique compositions associated with the spectator "as measured" through their individual specification in performing an iconic measurement action. The apparatus is a receptacle for unique compositions in sound, and invites a participatory choreography of stillness that is available for reception as a live musical performance.
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    Conference Title
    Proceedings of the 2010 Conference on New Interfaces for Musical Expression (NIME 2010)
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    http://www.educ.dab.uts.edu.au/nime/PROCEEDINGS/
    Copyright Statement
    © The Author(s) 2010. The attached file is posted here with permission of the copyright owner for your personal use only. No further distribution permitted. For information about this conference please refer to the publisher's website or contact the author.
    Subject
    Performing Arts and Creative Writing not elsewhere classified
    Publication URI
    http://hdl.handle.net/10072/35322
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