Texturologie 12: Gesture Studies

James Caldwell

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

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

Abstract:

Program notes: Texturologie 12: Gesture Studies (2011) is the most recent of my series of pieces that explore the creation of intricate continuous-field textures (and borrow the name of a series of paintings by Dubuffet). In this piece, I return to my explorations of the potential of the Wii™ remote to control computer music in performance. This time, I tried to treat the physical gesture as the germ or motive for the music. Some of the gestures are abstract, but some are suggestive of familiar activities like petting a cat, ringing a bell, smoothing wallpaper , playing a guiro, scooping, tapping, or vigorous stirring. (Check out the videos of my other Wiii™ pieces on YouTube. Search ``Caldwell wii.'') Composer(s) Credits: James Caldwell Instrumentalist(s) Credits: James Caldwell (Wii remotes) Artist(s) Biography: James Caldwell (b. 1957) is Professor of Music at Western Illinois University and co-director of the New Music Festival. He was named Outstanding Teacher in the College of Fine Arts and Communication (2005) and received the inaugural Provost's Award for Excellence in Teaching. He was named the 2009 Distinguished Faculty Lecturer. He holds degrees from Michigan State University and Northwestern University, where he studied composition, theory, and electronic and computer music. Since 2004 he has studied studio art---drawing, lithography, painting, and sculpture---at WIU as a way to stretch creatively and again experience being a student. Concert Venue and Time: Lydia Mendelssohn Theatre, Wednesday May 23, 7:00pm

Citation:

BibTeX Entry:

  @incollection{nime2012-music-Caldwell2012,
 abstract = {Program notes:

\emph{Texturologie 12: Gesture Studies} (2011) is the most recent of my series of pieces that explore the creation of intricate continuous-field textures (and borrow the name of a series of paintings by Dubuffet). In this piece, I return to my explorations of the potential of the Wii\texttrademark remote to control computer music in performance. This time, I tried to treat the physical gesture as the germ or motive for the music. Some of the gestures are abstract, but some are suggestive of familiar activities like petting a cat, ringing a bell, smoothing wallpaper , playing a guiro, scooping, tapping, or vigorous stirring. (Check out the videos of my other Wiii\texttrademark pieces on YouTube. Search ``Caldwell wii.'')

Composer(s) Credits:

James Caldwell

Instrumentalist(s) Credits:

James Caldwell (Wii remotes)

Artist(s) Biography:

James Caldwell (b. 1957) is Professor of Music at Western Illinois University and co-director of the New Music Festival. He was named Outstanding Teacher in the College of Fine Arts and Communication (2005) and received the inaugural Provost's Award for Excellence in Teaching. He was named the 2009 Distinguished Faculty Lecturer. He holds degrees from Michigan State University and Northwestern University, where he studied composition, theory, and electronic and computer music. Since 2004 he has studied studio art---drawing, lithography, painting, and sculpture---at WIU as a way to stretch creatively and again experience being a student.

Concert Venue and Time: Lydia Mendelssohn Theatre, Wednesday May 23, 7:00pm},
 address = {Ann Arbor, Michigan, U.S.A.},
 author = {James Caldwell},
 booktitle = {Music 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 = {Texturologie 12: Gesture Studies},
 year = {2012}
}