Are luminous devices helping musicians to produce better aural results, or just helping audiences not to get bored?

Vitor Joaquim; Álvaro Barbosa

Are luminous devices helping musicians to produce better aural results, or just helping audiences not to get bored?

Vitor Joaquim
, Álvaro Barbosa

Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution

Abstract

By the end of the 90’s a new musical instrument entered the stage of all stages and since then, played a key role in the way music is created and produced, both in the studio and performing venues. The aim of this paper is to discuss what we consider to be fundamental issues on how laptopers, as musicians, are dealing with the fact that they are not providing the ‘usual’ satisfaction of a ‘typical’ performance, where gesture is regarded as a fundamental element. Supported by a survey conducted with the collaboration of 46 artists, mostly professionals, we intend to address and discuss some concerns on the way laptop musicians are dealing with this subject, underlined by the fact that in these performances the absence of gestural information is almost a trademark.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	xCoAx 2013
Subtitle of host publication	proceedings of the first conference on Computation, Communication, Aesthetics and X
Editors	Mario Verdicchio, Miguel Carvalhais
Place of Publication	Porto
Publisher	Universidade do Porto
Pages	89-105
Number of pages	17
ISBN (Electronic)	9789897460173
Publication status	Published - Sept 2013
Event	xCoAx 2013: First Conference on Computation, Communication, Aesthetics and X - Bergamo, Italy Duration: 27 Jun 2013 → 28 Jun 2013

Conference

Conference	xCoAx 2013
Country/Territory	Italy
City	Bergamo
Period	27/06/13 → 28/06/13

Keywords

Performance studies
Electronic music
Laptop performance
Interfaces
Gestural information
Perception
Conformity

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Joaquim, V & Barbosa, Á 2013, Are luminous devices helping musicians to produce better aural results, or just helping audiences not to get bored? in M Verdicchio & M Carvalhais (eds), xCoAx 2013: proceedings of the first conference on Computation, Communication, Aesthetics and X. Universidade do Porto, Porto, pp. 89-105, xCoAx 2013, Bergamo, Italy, 27/06/13. <http://hdl.handle.net/10400.14/19632>

Are luminous devices helping musicians to produce better aural results, or just helping audiences not to get bored? / Joaquim, Vitor; Barbosa, Álvaro.
xCoAx 2013: proceedings of the first conference on Computation, Communication, Aesthetics and X. ed. / Mario Verdicchio; Miguel Carvalhais. Porto: Universidade do Porto, 2013. p. 89-105.

Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution