Kinesics

Nick Collins

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

• Year: 2010
• Location: Sydney, Australia

Abstract:

Program notes: Kinesics is a structure for improvisation; the computer uses extensive machine listening technology to track the pianist and generates feature-based effects. The computer also guides the pianist to explore actions from a catalogue of gestures, some of which are heavy-handed. A feedback loop is established of interpretation of sounding and physical gesture. The Computer was born in China in 2009, but eventually found its way to England to the ownership of a grubby handed computer musician. Though ostensibly based somewhere near Brighton, it went on to have many adventures around the world, and is grateful to its owner at least for never putting it in hold luggage. Though suffering an alarming logic board failure of cataclysmic proportions before even reaching its first birthday, replacement surgery by qualified though over familiar service personnel saved its life. Philosophical questions remain about the extent to which its current personality is contiguous with the old, as evidenced in various proprietary programs temporarily refusing to believe in their host brain anymore. But it is just happy it can be here tonight to play for you. There will also be a dispensable human being on stage. About the performers: Computer - Electronics Nick Collins - Piano

Citation:

BibTeX Entry:

  @inproceedings{nime2010-music-Collins2010,
 abstract = {Program notes: Kinesics is a structure for improvisation; the computer uses extensive machine listening technology to track the pianist and generates feature-based effects. The computer also guides the pianist to explore actions from a catalogue of gestures, some of which are heavy-handed. A feedback loop is established of interpretation of sounding and physical gesture.
The Computer was born in China in 2009, but eventually found its way to England to the ownership of a grubby handed computer musician. Though ostensibly based somewhere near Brighton, it went on to have many adventures around the world, and is grateful to its owner at least for never putting it in hold luggage. Though suffering an alarming logic board failure of cataclysmic proportions before even reaching its first birthday, replacement surgery by qualified though over familiar service personnel saved its life. Philosophical questions remain about the extent to which its current personality is contiguous with the old, as evidenced in various proprietary programs temporarily refusing to believe in their host brain anymore. But it is just happy it can be here tonight to play for you.
There will also be a dispensable human being on stage.
About the performers:
Computer - Electronics
Nick Collins - Piano},
 address = {Sydney, Australia},
 author = {Nick Collins},
 booktitle = {Music Proceedings of the International Conference on New Interfaces for Musical Expression},
 editor = {Andrew Johnston, Sam Ferguson, Jos Mulder, Somaya Langley, Garth Paine, Jon Drummond, Greg Schiemer, Kirsty Beilharz, Roger Mills},
 month = {June},
 publisher = {University of Technology Sydney},
 title = {Kinesics},
 year = {2010}
}