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Enhancement of liveness
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| Year | 2016 |
| Thesis Type | Master's thesis |
| Topic | Interaction Design |
| Keywords | Live Elektronik, composition, Game, Computer Music |
| Abstract | This thesis deals with the enhancement of liveness in musical composition. The emergence of reproductive devices and broadcasting have altered the quality of one’s listening experience from a social activity, in which a listener shares their musical experience with other community members, to a personal activity, which is not shared by anyone else. In hopes of creating a more communicable society, the author suggests a strategy of “Dynamic Structure” for composing a piece of music. This strategy derives compositions whose structures aren‘t fixed before a performance starts, but generated according to unique elements in the specific space at the specific time where a performance is ongoing such as room acoustics and quality of performer. This thesis introduces five different approaches that the author has worked on in the enhancement of uniqueness in a live setting: Sensor instrumental performance, Open Interaction, Pseudo-Agent, Constrained Interaction and Game Piece. As a creation practice, design of my sensor instrument, my sound installation (Candle Organ), my mixed music compositions (Beyond the eternal chaos, Audible Playground and Tongue-Twister Competition) are used. |
| URL | http://phaidra.kug.ac.at/o:44349 |
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