竹脑 - zhu nao

Iurii Kuzmin, Zhengyang Ma, and Raul Masu

Proceedings of the International Conference on New Interfaces for Musical Expression

Abstract

This performance presents 竹脑 (zhu nao) a new instrument based on bamboo craftsmanship as both an archetypal technical practice in South East Asia and the articulation of symbolic and technical dimensions of the material. This instrument was devised to explore the concept of environment improvisation – an approach to free improvisation grounded in aesthetics and philosophy of shanshui – traditional Chinese landscape painting and the associated way of forming affective relations with environment and locality (Wang 2021). This allows us to frame these reference points: bamboo craftsmanship and environment improvisation as cosmotechnical activities, following Yuk Hui's proposition to abandon the one-sided narrative of Western technological modernity in favor of pluralist notion of technodiversity.

Citation

Iurii Kuzmin, Zhengyang Ma, and Raul Masu. 2024. 竹脑 - zhu nao . Proceedings of the International Conference on New Interfaces for Musical Expression. DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.15028184

BibTeX Entry

@article{nime2024_music_46,
 abstract = {This performance presents 竹脑 (zhu nao) a new instrument based on bamboo craftsmanship as both an archetypal technical practice in South East Asia and the articulation of symbolic and technical dimensions of the material. This instrument was devised to explore the concept of environment improvisation – an approach to free improvisation grounded in aesthetics and philosophy of shanshui – traditional Chinese landscape painting and the associated way of forming affective relations with environment and locality (Wang 2021). This allows us to frame these reference points: bamboo craftsmanship and environment improvisation as cosmotechnical activities, following Yuk Hui's proposition to abandon the one-sided narrative of Western technological modernity in favor of pluralist notion of technodiversity.},
 address = {Utrecht, Netherlands},
 articleno = {46},
 author = {Iurii Kuzmin and Zhengyang Ma and Raul Masu},
 booktitle = {Proceedings of the International Conference on New Interfaces for Musical Expression},
 doi = {10.5281/zenodo.15028184},
 editor = {Laurel Smith Pardue and Palle Dahlstedt},
 issn = {2220-4806},
 month = {September},
 numpages = {3},
 pages = {161--163},
 presentation-video = {},
 title = { 竹脑 - zhu nao },
 track = {Music},
 url = {http://nime.org/proceedings/2024/nime2024_music_46.pdf},
 year = {2024}
}