Materiality for Musical Expressions: an Approach to Interdisciplinary Syllabus Development for NIME

Rikard Lindell, Koray Tahiroglu, Morten Riis, and Jennie Schaeffer

Proceedings of the International Conference on New Interfaces for Musical Expression

Abstract:

We organised an elven day intense course in materiality for musical expressions to explore underlying principles of New Interfaces for Musical Expression (NIME) in higher education. We grounded the course in different aspects of materiality and gathered interdisciplinary student teams from three Nordic universities. Electronic music instrument makers participated in providing the course. In eleven days the students designed and built interfaces for musical expressions, composed a piece, and performed at the Norberg electronic music festival. The students explored the relationship between technology and possible musical expression with a strong connection to culture and place. The emphasis on performance provided closure and motivated teams to move forward in their design and artistic processes. On the basis of the course we discuss an interdisciplinary NIME course syllabus, and we infer that it benefits from grounding in materiality and in the place with a strong reference to culture.

Citation:

Rikard Lindell, Koray Tahiroglu, Morten Riis, and Jennie Schaeffer. 2016. Materiality for Musical Expressions: an Approach to Interdisciplinary Syllabus Development for NIME. Proceedings of the International Conference on New Interfaces for Musical Expression. DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.1176066

BibTeX Entry:

  @inproceedings{Lindell2016,
 abstract = {We organised an elven day intense course in materiality for
musical expressions to explore underlying principles of New Interfaces for
Musical Expression (NIME) in higher education. We grounded the course in
different aspects of materiality and gathered interdisciplinary student teams
from three Nordic universities. Electronic music instrument makers participated
in providing the course. In eleven days the students designed and built
interfaces for musical expressions, composed a piece, and performed at the
Norberg electronic music festival. The students explored the relationship
between technology and possible musical expression with a strong connection to
culture and place. The emphasis on performance provided closure and motivated
teams to move forward in their design and artistic processes. On the basis of the
course we discuss an interdisciplinary NIME course syllabus, and we infer that it
benefits from grounding in materiality and in the place with a strong reference
to culture.},
 address = {Brisbane, Australia},
 author = {Rikard Lindell and Koray Tahiroglu and Morten Riis and Jennie Schaeffer},
 booktitle = {Proceedings of the International Conference on New Interfaces for Musical Expression},
 doi = {10.5281/zenodo.1176066},
 isbn = {978-1-925455-13-7},
 issn = {2220-4806},
 pages = {344--349},
 publisher = {Queensland Conservatorium Griffith University},
 title = {Materiality for Musical Expressions: an Approach to Interdisciplinary Syllabus Development for NIME},
 track = {Papers},
 url = {http://www.nime.org/proceedings/2016/nime2016_paper0067.pdf},
 year = {2016}
}