Ether noise

Hans Leeuw, and Dianne Verdonk

Proceedings of the International Conference on New Interfaces for Musical Expression

Abstract

Students of the University of the Arts Utrecht, school of music technology experienced the same depressing situation as all of us when Covid-19 struck in March 2020. The school proposed to use the pandemic as an opportunity for new interactive performance formats and interactive physical online installations. Positioning the assignment as an exhilarating state-of-the-art novelty functioned as an extra motivation for the students. While many school subjects suffered from motivation loss, the students active within this project reported an increased working ethos compared to what they experience doing a ‘normal’ physical presentation. Conceptual focus, often an issue with these kinds of projects for beginning bachelor students, came easy. Themes like ‘Skin Hunger’ and ‘Escapism’ had a strong connection with the students’ own predicaments. The performance at NIME will deal with the end of the epidemic. This time, the student’s assignment is to translate the uncertainty of the current situation. The multifaceted circumstance sublimates in an online live streamed hybrid performance featuring interactive installations and performances on self-made instruments. Visitors of the NIME conference will literally crash the party at what hopefully be the height of the event.

Citation

Hans Leeuw, and Dianne Verdonk. 2021. Ether noise. Proceedings of the International Conference on New Interfaces for Musical Expression. DOI: 10.21428/92fbeb44.e2c711b7 [PDF]

BibTeX Entry

@inproceedings{nime2021_music_21,
 abstract = {Students of the University of the Arts Utrecht, school of music technology experienced the same depressing situation as all of us when Covid-19 struck in March 2020. The school proposed to use the pandemic as an opportunity for new interactive performance formats and interactive physical online installations. Positioning the assignment as an exhilarating state-of-the-art novelty functioned as an extra motivation for the students. While many school subjects suffered from motivation loss, the students active within this project reported an increased working ethos compared to what they experience doing a ‘normal’ physical presentation. Conceptual focus, often an issue with these kinds of projects for beginning bachelor students, came easy. Themes like ‘Skin Hunger’ and ‘Escapism’ had a strong connection with the students’ own predicaments. The performance at NIME will deal with the end of the epidemic. This time, the student’s assignment is to translate the uncertainty of the current situation. The multifaceted circumstance sublimates in an online live streamed hybrid performance featuring interactive installations and performances on self-made instruments. Visitors of the NIME conference will literally crash the party at what hopefully be the height of the event.},
 address = {Shanghai, China},
 articleno = {21},
 author = {Hans Leeuw and Dianne Verdonk},
 booktitle = {Proceedings of the International Conference on New Interfaces for Musical Expression},
 doi = {10.21428/92fbeb44.e2c711b7},
 editor = {Eric Parren and Wei Chen},
 issn = {2220-4806},
 month = {June},
 title = {Ether noise},
 track = {Music},
 url = {https://doi.org/10.21428/92fbeb44.e2c711b7},
 year = {2021}
}