Membranes

Nicola Leonard Hein, and Lukas Truniger

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

Abstract:

Exploring the boundaries where music and language overlap, they use hybrid instruments – constructed from drum- skins and electronic components – as devices to turn written texts into pulses of light and percussive sound. As each machine translation emerges, the network of instruments starts to share the texts, transforming written material into aesthetic, visual and sonic patterns, for the performers and spectators to further interact with. Extrapolating from the example of the African talking drum, Membranes builds up an altogether new kind of tone language, constantly shifting and adapting itself before the viewer and performers alike. The instruments form a reactive network of semantic and aesthetic actors: a play of forms, light and sound unfolds between them. Following historical archetypes musical communication instruments and seeking to create a speculative acoustic interaction space, this audio-visual installation and performance offers a new alternative communication environment.

Citation:

Nicola Leonard Hein, and Lukas Truniger. 2020. Membranes. Music Proceedings of the International Conference on New Interfaces for Musical Expression. DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.6352748

BibTeX Entry:

  @inproceedings{nime20-music-Hein,
 abstract = {Exploring the boundaries where music and language overlap, they use hybrid instruments – constructed from drum- skins and electronic components – as devices to turn written texts into pulses of light and percussive sound. As each machine translation emerges, the network of instruments starts to share the texts, transforming written material into aesthetic, visual and sonic patterns, for the performers and spectators to further interact with. Extrapolating from the example of the African talking drum, Membranes builds up an altogether new kind of tone language, constantly shifting and adapting itself before the viewer and performers alike. The instruments form a reactive network of semantic and aesthetic actors: a play of forms, light and sound unfolds between them. Following historical archetypes musical communication instruments and seeking to create a speculative acoustic interaction space, this audio-visual installation and performance offers a new alternative communication environment.},
 address = {Birmingham, UK},
 author = {Hein, Nicola Leonard and Truniger, Lukas},
 booktitle = {Music Proceedings of the International Conference on New Interfaces for Musical Expression},
 doi = {10.5281/zenodo.6352748},
 editor = {Wright, Joe and Feng, Jian},
 month = {July},
 pages = {38-39},
 publisher = {Royal Birmingham Conservatoire},
 title = {Membranes},
 url = {http://www.nime.org/proceedings/2020/nime2020_music17.pdf},
 year = {2020}
}