Strings

Luisa Pereira~Hors, Monica Bate, and Johann Diedrick

Installation Proceedings of the International Conference on New Interfaces for Musical Expression

• Year: 2012
• Location: Ann Arbor, Michigan, U.S.A.

Abstract:

Program notes: Halfway between instrument and sculpture, Strings is a sound installation that invites participants to play, hear and move within a space, becoming part of a musical instrument. Strands of thread are tensed in oblique planes---from ceiling to floor, from wall to wall---, defining an architectural space that invites visitors in. Once inside, they become performers, moving through the space to find different ranges of pitch and timbres in the instrument that surrounds them. The sounds are generated synthetically but, as is the case with traditional acoustic instruments, the experience includes texture, space, color and movement. Artist(s) Biography: Luisa Pereira Hors holds a degree in Systems Engineering from Universidad ORT Uruguay. Combining her background as a developer, interaction designer and musician, her work uses technology to explore the ground between composition (non-interactive) and musical instrument (fully interactive). Mónica Bate holds a degree in Fine Arts from Universidad de Chile. Her personal work, which has been exhibited in Chile and other Latin American countries, focuses on creating narratives using sound as a matter of expression, reflection and representation. Johann Diedrick: A writer and a musician, Johann Diedrick studied Sociology of Culture at the University of Pennsylvania. He is interested in using technology to reconsider musical performance and the experience of listening.

Citation:

BibTeX Entry:

  @incollection{nime2012-installations-PereiraHorsBateDiedrick2012,
 abstract = {Program notes:

Halfway between instrument and sculpture, Strings is a sound installation that invites participants to play, hear and move within a space, becoming part of a musical instrument. Strands of thread are tensed in oblique planes---from ceiling to floor, from wall to wall---, defining an architectural space that invites visitors in. Once inside, they become performers, moving through the space to find different ranges of pitch and timbres in the instrument that surrounds them. The sounds are generated synthetically but, as is the case with traditional acoustic instruments, the experience includes texture, space, color and movement.

Artist(s) Biography:

Luisa Pereira Hors holds a degree in Systems Engineering from Universidad ORT Uruguay. Combining her background as a developer, interaction designer and musician, her work uses technology to explore the ground between composition (non-interactive) and musical instrument (fully interactive).

M\'{o}nica Bate holds a degree in Fine Arts from Universidad de Chile. Her personal work, which has been exhibited in Chile and other Latin American countries, focuses on creating narratives using sound as a matter of expression, reflection and representation.

Johann Diedrick: A writer and a musician, Johann Diedrick studied Sociology of Culture at the University of Pennsylvania. He is interested in using technology to reconsider musical performance and the experience of listening.},
 address = {Ann Arbor, Michigan, U.S.A.},
 author = {Luisa Pereira~Hors and Monica Bate and Johann Diedrick},
 booktitle = {Installation Proceedings of the International Conference on New Interfaces for Musical Expression},
 day = {21-23},
 editor = {Georg Essl and Brent Gillespie and Michael Gurevich and Sile O'Modhrain},
 month = {May},
 publisher = {Electrical Engineering \& Computer Science and Performing Arts Technology, University of Michigan},
 title = {Strings},
 year = {2012}
}