Membracinae

Paul Stapleton, and Michael Speers

Proceedings of the International Conference on New Interfaces for Musical Expression

Abstract

This improvised performance deploys metastable networks of vibrotactile and audible feedback to intertwine Stapleton's custom-made electroacoustic instrument Volatile Assemblage (aka VOLA) with Speers's acoustic drums driven by air pumps and transducers. The music that emerges through such intra-actions tends towards unforeseen behaviours and contingent structures, akin to the steering of a small ship on tempestuous waters, or the communication of insects through the rapid bouncing of abdomens against a shared substrate, thereby creating a kind of ‘aesthetic interfacing’ between performers, instruments, audience, environment and their collective movements through time and space.

Citation

Paul Stapleton, and Michael Speers. 2024. Membracinae. Proceedings of the International Conference on New Interfaces for Musical Expression. DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.15027997

BibTeX Entry

@article{nime2024_music_12,
 abstract = {This improvised performance deploys metastable networks of vibrotactile and audible feedback to intertwine Stapleton's custom-made electroacoustic instrument Volatile Assemblage (aka VOLA) with Speers's acoustic drums driven by air pumps and transducers. The music that emerges through such intra-actions tends towards unforeseen behaviours and contingent structures, akin to the steering of a small ship on tempestuous waters, or the communication of insects through the rapid bouncing of abdomens against a shared substrate, thereby creating a kind of ‘aesthetic interfacing’ between performers, instruments, audience, environment and their collective movements through time and space.},
 address = {Utrecht, Netherlands},
 articleno = {12},
 author = {Paul Stapleton and Michael Speers},
 booktitle = {Proceedings of the International Conference on New Interfaces for Musical Expression},
 doi = {10.5281/zenodo.15027997},
 editor = {Laurel Smith Pardue and Palle Dahlstedt},
 issn = {2220-4806},
 month = {September},
 numpages = {5},
 pages = {42--46},
 presentation-video = {https://vimeo.com/912578933},
 title = {Membracinae},
 track = {Music},
 url = {http://nime.org/proceedings/2024/nime2024_music_12.pdf},
 year = {2024}
}