Today and Yesterday: Two Case Studies of China’s NIME Community

Jiayue Cecilia Wu

Proceedings of the International Conference on New Interfaces for Musical Expression

Abstract:

This article explores two in-depth interviews with distinguished Chinese NIMEers, across generations, from the late 1970s to the present. Tian Jinqin and Meng Qi represent role models in the Chinese NIME community. From the innovative NIME designers’ historical technological innovation of the 1970s’ analog ribbon control string synthesizer Xian Kong Qin to the 2020’s Wing Pinger evolving harmony synthesizer, the author shines a light from different angles on the Chinese NIME community.

Citation:

Jiayue Cecilia Wu. 2022. Today and Yesterday: Two Case Studies of China’s NIME Community. Proceedings of the International Conference on New Interfaces for Musical Expression. DOI: 10.21428/92fbeb44.57e41c54

BibTeX Entry:

  @inproceedings{NIME22_2,
 abstract = {This article explores two in-depth interviews with distinguished Chinese NIMEers, across generations, from the late 1970s to the present. Tian Jinqin and Meng Qi represent role models in the Chinese NIME community. From the innovative NIME designers’ historical technological innovation of the 1970s’ analog ribbon control string synthesizer Xian Kong Qin to the 2020’s Wing Pinger evolving harmony synthesizer, the author shines a light from different angles on the Chinese NIME community.},
 address = {The University of Auckland, New Zealand},
 articleno = {2},
 author = {Wu, Jiayue Cecilia},
 booktitle = {Proceedings of the International Conference on New Interfaces for Musical Expression},
 doi = {10.21428/92fbeb44.57e41c54},
 issn = {2220-4806},
 month = {jun},
 pdf = {102.pdf},
 presentation-video = {https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4PMmDnUNgRk},
 title = {Today and Yesterday: Two Case Studies of China{\textquotesingle}s {NIME} Community},
 url = {https://doi.org/10.21428%2F92fbeb44.57e41c54},
 year = {2022}
}