Workshop
Program
and papers
EMP Event!
Publications
Organizers
Committee
Additional Information:
(NIME I)
a CHI 2001 Workshop
took
place in Seattle,
April 1 and 2, 2001
The rapid evolution of digital media, advanced materials and other technologies is opening up unprecedented opportunities for musical interface inventors and designers. The possibilities afforded by these new technologies have prompted an explosion of new musical forms. Furthermore, they carry with them the challenges of a complex and often confusing array of choices for musical composers and performers. The design and evaluation of alternative musical controllers, currently the leading edge of an ongoing dialogue between technology and musical culture, involve many of the issues normally covered at CHI conferences. This workshop will explore the impact of new interface technologies on musical expression and exploration, discuss practical concerns involved in the design of effective musical interfaces, and attempt to identify major issues involved in the interplay between technological change and innovation in musical culture.
- Design reports on novel controllers and interfaces for musical expression- Surveys of past work and/or stimulating ideas for future research
- Performance experience reports on live performance and composition using novel controllers
- Musical controllers for novices, education and entertainment
- Perceptual & cognitive issues in the design of musical controllers
- Novel controllers for collaborative performance
- Interface protocols (e.g. MIDI) and alternative controllers
- Artistic, cultural, and social impact of new musical interfaces
Fourteen presenters selected from 32 submissions that we have had received (46%) presented their work in a series of 15-20 minutes talks with following Q&A. Use of videos and audio as well as live demos of controllers was highly encouraged. The final program of the workshop includes also all papers accepted for the workshop in PDF format.
All workshop attendees were invited for a half-day planned post-workshop demo and performances event at the EMP. Several workshop attendees as well as invited performers performed in the EMP and or showed their controllers to general public.
Max Mathews chaired the demo and performances sessions
at the EMP.
We would like to thank all the committee members, workshop participants and personal of the EMP for their efforts and contributions to the success of the workshop.
The photographs from the workshop are available here.
- The summary of the workshop published in the CHI 2001 Abstracts and Applications
A report from the Workshop summarizing the workshop activities will also be published in the CHI Bulletin.
poup@csl.sony.co.jp
Michael J. Lyons, ATR MIC Labs mlyons@mic.atr.co.jp
Sidney Fels, University of British Columbia,
ssfels@ece.ubc.ca
Tina Blaine (Bean), Carnegie Mellon University,
bean@cs.cmu.edu
Perry Cook, Princeton University
Reek N. Havok, Experience Music Project
Kenji Mase, ATR MIC Labs
Kaffe Matthews, Live Convertor, Annette Works
Max Matthews, CCRMA, Stanford
Joe Paradiso, MIT Media Lab
Andrew Schloss, School of Music, University of Victoria
Laetitia Sonami, Performer/Instrument builder
Bill Verplank, CCRMA, Stanford University
Images, in the order of appearance are courtesy of Gurevich, M., Overholt, D., Bahn, C., and Gurevich, M.