The Accusations That Are Confessions: Improvisation, Embodiment, and Human-Machine Learning

Lauren Hayes

Proceedings of the International Conference on New Interfaces for Musical Expression

Abstract

The Accusations That Are Confessions (2024) is a musical improvisation for embodied human-machine learning. This involves a methodology that is myriad and maximal in its relationship to sound synthesis, transformation, and music production that has evolved over the last nineteen years. Many types of synthesis are messily accumulated into the performance system alongside elements such as machine listening, machine learning, sampling, live re-sampling, analysis and resynthesis, and other approaches to the creation and manipulation of digital sound. This work explores the implications of designing, performing with, and evolving a NIME over nearly two decades.

Citation

Lauren Hayes. 2026. The Accusations That Are Confessions: Improvisation, Embodiment, and Human-Machine Learning. Proceedings of the International Conference on New Interfaces for Musical Expression. DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.20782087 [PDF]

BibTeX Entry

@inproceedings{nime2026_music_21,
 abstract = {The Accusations That Are Confessions (2024) is a musical improvisation for embodied human-machine learning. This involves a methodology that is myriad and maximal in its relationship to sound synthesis, transformation, and music production that has evolved over the last nineteen years. Many types of synthesis are messily accumulated into the performance system alongside elements such as machine listening, machine learning, sampling, live re-sampling, analysis and resynthesis, and other approaches to the creation and manipulation of digital sound. This work explores the implications of designing, performing with, and evolving a NIME over nearly two decades.},
 address = {London, United Kingdom},
 articleno = {21},
 author = {Lauren Hayes},
 booktitle = {Proceedings of the International Conference on New Interfaces for Musical Expression},
 doi = {10.5281/zenodo.20782087},
 editor = {Lia Mice and Nicole Robson and Tara Pattenden},
 issn = {2220-4806},
 month = {June},
 note = {Live Performance},
 numpages = {4},
 pages = {87--90},
 presentation-video = {https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RgPaHgbaevQ},
 title = {The Accusations That Are Confessions: Improvisation, Embodiment, and Human-Machine Learning},
 track = {Music},
 url = {http://nime.org/proceedings/2026/nime2026_music_21.pdf},
 year = {2026}
}