The Wrist-Conductor

Arthur Clay, and Dennis Majoe

Proceedings of the International Conference on New Interfaces for Musical Expression

Abstract:

The starting point for this project is the want to produce a music controller that could be employed in such a manner that even lay public could enjoy the possibilities of mobile art. All of the works that are discussed here are in relation to a new GPS-based controller, the Wrist-Conductor. The works are technically based around the synchronizing possibilities using the GPS Time Mark and are aesthetically rooted in works that function in an open public space such as a city or a forest. One of the works intended for the controller, China Gates, is discussed here in detail in order to describe how the GPS Wrist-Controller is actually used in a public art context. The other works, CitySonics, The Enchanted Forest and Get a Pot & a Spoon are described briefly in order to demonstrate that even a simple controller can be used to create a body of works. This paper also addresses the breaking of the media bubble via the concept of the “open audience”, or how mobile art can engage pedestrians as viewers or listeners within public space and not remain an isolated experience for performers only.

Citation:

Arthur Clay, and Dennis Majoe. 2007. The Wrist-Conductor. Proceedings of the International Conference on New Interfaces for Musical Expression. DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.1177073

BibTeX Entry:

  @inproceedings{Clay2007,
 abstract = {The starting point for this project is the want to produce a music controller that could be employed in such a manner that even lay public could enjoy the possibilities of mobile art. All of the works that are discussed here are in relation to a new GPS-based controller, the Wrist-Conductor. The works are technically based around the synchronizing possibilities using the GPS Time Mark and are aesthetically rooted in works that function in an open public space such as a city or a forest. One of the works intended for the controller, China Gates, is discussed here in detail in order to describe how the GPS Wrist-Controller is actually used in a public art context. The other works, CitySonics, The Enchanted Forest and Get a Pot \& a Spoon are described briefly in order to demonstrate that even a simple controller can be used to create a body of works. This paper also addresses the breaking of the media bubble via the concept of the “open audience”, or how mobile art can engage pedestrians as viewers or listeners within public space and not remain an isolated experience for performers only.},
 address = {New York City, NY, United States},
 author = {Clay, Arthur and Majoe, Dennis},
 booktitle = {Proceedings of the International Conference on New Interfaces for Musical Expression},
 doi = {10.5281/zenodo.1177073},
 issn = {2220-4806},
 keywords = {Mobile Music, GPS, Controller, Collaborative Performance },
 pages = {242--245},
 title = {The Wrist-Conductor},
 url = {http://www.nime.org/proceedings/2007/nime2007_242.pdf},
 year = {2007}
}