[EMS-NEWS]
highly recommended...
Michael
Atau Tanaka
Thursday 6th May 2010
6-8pm
Seminar room, Ben Pimlott Building, Goldsmiths.
New Cross, London
"Music One Participates In: Performance from Stage to Street to Pocket"
Digital music has undergone fundamental shifts – it has gone real time, it
has become interactive, it has become miniaturized, and completely
democratized. I’ll map out my personal trajectory in this time to look at
broader evolutions in the field with sensors, networks, and mobility.
These are not just technological changes, but changes that bring about
shifts in musical approaches. Form factors change, analogue is reconciled
with digital, and new directions in Open Source and DIY culture continue
to challenge our assumptions on what it means to be an artist, composer,
performer, participant, in these evolving musical/technological
landscapes.
Atau Tanaka bridges the fields of media art, experimental music, and
research. He worked at IRCAM, was Artistic Ambassador for Apple France,
has been researcher at Sony Computer Science Laboratory Paris, and was an
Artistic Co-Director of STEIM in Amsterdam. Atau creates sensor-based
musical instruments for performance, and is known for his work with
biosignal interfaces. He seeks to harness collective musical creativity in
mobile environments, seeking out the continued place of the artist in
democratized digital forms. His work has been presented at Ars
Electronica, SFMOMA, Eyebeam, V2, ICC, and ZKM and has been mentor at
NESTA. He is Chair of Digital Media at Newcastle University and is
Director of Culture Lab.
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