Executive Order

Mick Grierson, Matthew Yee-King, and Louis McCallum

Proceedings of the International Conference on New Interfaces for Musical Expression

Abstract

In this work, we will explore the idea of divergent realities as they manifest for three performers and an audience during a live performance. We will use a collaborative live-coding environment that we have developed to carry out the performance. The live-coding environment combines collaborative editing of source code with live execution of code. We separate editing and execution so the performers can choose when to execute fragments of the document on their own and the other performers' machines. As the performance progresses, the performers will code various non-deterministic processes, for example, probabilistic frequency sequences and signal processors. The stochastic behaviour of the growing, collaboratively written program means each performer will hear an increasingly divergent interpretation of the piece. There will be no definitive sonic interpretation of the code. We will make each of the performers' divergent live streams available in performance so the audience can choose to which they wish to listen.

Citation

Mick Grierson, Matthew Yee-King, and Louis McCallum. 2021. Executive Order. Proceedings of the International Conference on New Interfaces for Musical Expression. DOI: 10.21428/92fbeb44.c86215ad [PDF]

BibTeX Entry

@inproceedings{nime2021_music_34,
 abstract = {In this work, we will explore the idea of divergent realities as they manifest for three performers and an audience during a live performance. We will use a collaborative live-coding environment that we have developed to carry out the performance. The live-coding environment combines collaborative editing of source code with live execution of code. We separate editing and execution so the performers can choose when to execute fragments of the document on their own and the other performers' machines. As the performance progresses, the performers will code various non-deterministic processes, for example, probabilistic frequency sequences and signal processors. The stochastic behaviour of the growing, collaboratively written program means each performer will hear an increasingly divergent interpretation of the piece. There will be no definitive sonic interpretation of the code. We will make each of the performers' divergent live streams available in performance so the audience can choose to which they wish to listen.},
 address = {Shanghai, China},
 articleno = {34},
 author = {Mick Grierson and Matthew Yee-King and Louis McCallum},
 booktitle = {Proceedings of the International Conference on New Interfaces for Musical Expression},
 doi = {10.21428/92fbeb44.c86215ad},
 editor = {Eric Parren and Wei Chen},
 issn = {2220-4806},
 month = {June},
 title = {Executive Order},
 track = {Music},
 url = {https://doi.org/10.21428/92fbeb44.c86215ad},
 year = {2021}
}