Rhizomatic approaches to screen-based music notation

Lindsay Vickery

Proceedings of the International Conference on New Interfaces for Musical Expression

Abstract:

The rhizome concept explored by Deleuze and Guatarri has had an important influence on formal thinking in music and new media. This paper explores the development of rhizomatic musical scores that are arranged cartographically with nodal points allowing for alternate pathways to be traversed. The challenges of pre-digital exemplars of rhizomatic structure are discussed. It follows the development of concepts and technology used in the creation of five works by the author Ubahn c. 1985: the Rosenberg Variations [2012], The Last Years [2012], Sacrificial Zones [2014], detritus [2015] and trash vortex [2015]. The paper discusses the potential for the evolution of novel formal structures using rhizomatic structures.

Citation:

Lindsay Vickery. 2016. Rhizomatic approaches to screen-based music notation. Proceedings of the International Conference on New Interfaces for Musical Expression. DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.1176133

BibTeX Entry:

  @inproceedings{Vickery2016,
 abstract = {The rhizome concept explored by Deleuze and Guatarri has had an
important influence on formal thinking in music and new media. This paper
explores the development of rhizomatic musical scores that are arranged
cartographically with nodal points allowing for alternate pathways to be
traversed. The challenges of pre-digital exemplars of rhizomatic structure are
discussed. It follows the development of concepts and technology used in the
creation of five works by the author Ubahn c. 1985: the Rosenberg Variations
[2012], The Last Years [2012], Sacrificial Zones [2014], detritus [2015] and
trash vortex [2015]. The paper discusses the potential for the evolution of novel
formal structures using rhizomatic structures. },
 address = {Brisbane, Australia},
 author = {Lindsay Vickery},
 booktitle = {Proceedings of the International Conference on New Interfaces for Musical Expression},
 doi = {10.5281/zenodo.1176133},
 isbn = {978-1-925455-13-7},
 issn = {2220-4806},
 pages = {394--400},
 publisher = {Queensland Conservatorium Griffith University},
 title = {Rhizomatic approaches to screen-based music notation},
 track = {Papers},
 url = {http://www.nime.org/proceedings/2016/nime2016_paper0078.pdf},
 year = {2016}
}