Riddare of The Round Table: Inclusive Haptic Performance Practices in The Wild

Lloyd May, Peter Larson, Joel Mansour, and Tord Bremnes

Proceedings of the International Conference on New Interfaces for Musical Expression

Abstract:

This demo paper presents the development of "Riddare of The Round Table'', a structured improvisational piece lasting approximately 20 minutes. Written in close collaboration with the mixed-ability inclusive ensemble Parasonic, the piece features cello, daxophone, found objects, a wooden table with vibrotactile transducers and contact microphones, tablet synthesizers and samplers, and electronics. At the beginning of the piece, audience members were invited to feel the vibrations being transduced into the wooden table before taking their seats. The vibrations served as feedback for the ensemble members, who were largely using tablets, as well as a source of feedback generation as the output of the contact microphone was fed into the transducers.

Citation:

Lloyd May, Peter Larson, Joel Mansour, and Tord Bremnes. 2024. Riddare of The Round Table: Inclusive Haptic Performance Practices in The Wild. Proceedings of the International Conference on New Interfaces for Musical Expression. DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.13904776

BibTeX Entry:

  @article{nime2024_7,
 abstract = {This demo paper presents the development of "Riddare of The Round Table'', a structured improvisational piece lasting approximately 20 minutes. Written in close collaboration with the mixed-ability inclusive ensemble Parasonic, the piece features cello, daxophone, found objects, a wooden table with vibrotactile transducers and contact microphones, tablet synthesizers and samplers, and electronics. At the beginning of the piece, audience members were invited to feel the vibrations being transduced into the wooden table before taking their seats. The vibrations served as feedback for the ensemble members, who were largely using tablets, as well as a source of feedback generation as the output of the contact microphone was fed into the transducers. },
 address = {Utrecht, Netherlands},
 articleno = {7},
 author = {Lloyd May and Peter Larson and Joel Mansour and Tord Bremnes},
 booktitle = {Proceedings of the International Conference on New Interfaces for Musical Expression},
 doi = {10.5281/zenodo.13904776},
 editor = {S M Astrid Bin and Courtney N. Reed},
 issn = {2220-4806},
 month = {September},
 numpages = {3},
 pages = {40--42},
 presentation-video = {https://youtu.be/5KiUZ0tczH4?si=edhbHXfITsDzaLKB},
 title = {Riddare of The Round Table: Inclusive Haptic Performance Practices in The Wild},
 track = {Papers},
 url = {http://nime.org/proceedings/2024/nime2024_7.pdf},
 year = {2024}
}