_-=◢▍ ▋░░▒ ▃▅▇░ (pronounced as “4th beat”)

Ivica Bukvic

Proceedings of the International Conference on New Interfaces for Musical Expression

Abstract

This is a second work submitted for the Tweeter telematic musicking platform developed in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. It reflects the evolution of the platform, the maturation of the emerging aesthetics, and the ensuing complexity, even though the participants were by and large amateur musicians and music enthusiasts. Tweeter enabled uninterrupted operation of the Virginia Tech Linux Laptop Orchestra (L2Ork) throughout the pandemic, while also spawning communities around the world who chose to embrace it for their own telematic collaborations. This, most recent iteration, features 12 performers. Tweeter is uniquely designed to provide a comprehensive support for telematic musicking, including instrument co-creation, improvisation, composition, rehearsal, and performance, as well as audience participation. Its particular focus is on pulse- and pattern-centric tightly-timed musicking that, through the use of control-driven protocol and anticipation of future cues, defies the limits of latency, drift, and bandwidth. Most importantly, Tweeter focuses on the newly coined crowdsourced music genre, where every aspect of creative process and performance is genuinely co-created by multiple stakeholders. The piece was realized in a hybrid environment through a combination of virtual, in-person, and mixed rehearsals.

Citation

Ivica Bukvic. 2022. _-=◢▍ ▋░░▒ ▃▅▇░ (pronounced as “4th beat”). Proceedings of the International Conference on New Interfaces for Musical Expression. DOI: 10.21428/92fbeb44.7ff2a42e [PDF]

BibTeX Entry

@inproceedings{nime2022_music_5,
 abstract = {This is a second work submitted for the Tweeter telematic musicking platform developed in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. It reflects the evolution of the platform, the maturation of the emerging aesthetics, and the ensuing complexity, even though the participants were by and large amateur musicians and music enthusiasts. Tweeter enabled uninterrupted operation of the Virginia Tech Linux Laptop Orchestra (L2Ork) throughout the pandemic, while also spawning communities around the world who chose to embrace it for their own telematic collaborations. This, most recent iteration, features 12 performers. Tweeter is uniquely designed to provide a comprehensive support for telematic musicking, including instrument co-creation, improvisation, composition, rehearsal, and performance, as well as audience participation. Its particular focus is on pulse- and pattern-centric tightly-timed musicking that, through the use of control-driven protocol and anticipation of future cues, defies the limits of latency, drift, and bandwidth. Most importantly, Tweeter focuses on the newly coined crowdsourced music genre, where every aspect of creative process and performance is genuinely co-created by multiple stakeholders. The piece was realized in a hybrid environment through a combination of virtual, in-person, and mixed rehearsals.},
 address = {Auckland, New Zealand},
 articleno = {5},
 author = {Ivica Bukvic},
 booktitle = {Proceedings of the International Conference on New Interfaces for Musical Expression},
 doi = {10.21428/92fbeb44.7ff2a42e},
 editor = {Raul Masu},
 issn = {2220-4806},
 month = {jun},
 title = {_-=◢▍ ▋░░▒ ▃▅▇░ (pronounced as “4th beat”)},
 track = {Music},
 url = {https://doi.org/10.21428/92fbeb44.7ff2a42e},
 year = {2022}
}