Toward Musical Cosmotechnics: the case of zhu nao 竹脑 - a bamboo based instrument

Iurii Kuzmin, Zhengyang Ma, and Raul Masu

Proceedings of the International Conference on New Interfaces for Musical Expression

Abstract:

This paper aims at contributing to the discussion of DMI design within specific cultural contexts. It presents a reflection on designing and performing with zhu nao – a new DMI grounded in Chinese culture. In our attempt to avoid stereotypes commonly associated with the orientalist imaginary of Chinese culture we based the design of our instrument on the notion of cosmotechnics proposed by the Hong Kong philosopher of technology Yuk Hui as a way to reconcile nature and technology by acknowledging the influence of locality and local cosmologies on the development of scientific and technical thinking.

Citation:

Iurii Kuzmin, Zhengyang Ma, and Raul Masu. 2024. Toward Musical Cosmotechnics: the case of zhu nao 竹脑 - a bamboo based instrument . Proceedings of the International Conference on New Interfaces for Musical Expression. DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.13904957

BibTeX Entry:

  @article{nime2024_85,
 abstract = {This paper aims at contributing to the discussion of DMI design within specific cultural contexts. It presents a reflection on designing and performing with zhu nao – a new DMI grounded in Chinese culture. In our attempt to avoid stereotypes commonly associated with the orientalist imaginary of Chinese culture we based the design of our instrument on the notion of cosmotechnics proposed by the Hong Kong philosopher of technology Yuk Hui as a way to reconcile nature and technology by acknowledging the influence of locality and local cosmologies on the development of scientific and technical thinking.},
 address = {Utrecht, Netherlands},
 articleno = {85},
 author = {Iurii Kuzmin and Zhengyang Ma and Raul Masu},
 booktitle = {Proceedings of the International Conference on New Interfaces for Musical Expression},
 doi = {10.5281/zenodo.13904957},
 editor = {S M Astrid Bin and Courtney N. Reed},
 issn = {2220-4806},
 month = {September},
 numpages = {9},
 pages = {582--590},
 presentation-video = {https://youtu.be/kCgzQ6iHjiQ?si=OdLOQmu02jv5AraK},
 title = {Toward Musical Cosmotechnics: the case of zhu nao 竹脑 - a bamboo based instrument },
 track = {Papers},
 url = {http://nime.org/proceedings/2024/nime2024_85.pdf},
 year = {2024}
}