Richard Ramchurn
Improvising a Live Score to an Interactive Brain-Controlled Film
Ramchurn, Richard; Martinez-Avila, Juan; Martindale, Sarah; Chamberlain, Alan; Wilson, Max L; Benford, Steve
Authors
Juan Martinez-Avila
SARAH MARTINDALE Sarah.Martindale@nottingham.ac.uk
Assistant Professor of Digital Innovation in The Creative Industries
ALAN CHAMBERLAIN alan.chamberlain@nottingham.ac.uk
Senior Research Fellow
Dr MAX WILSON MAX.WILSON@NOTTINGHAM.AC.UK
Associate Professor
STEVE BENFORD steve.benford@nottingham.ac.uk
Dunford Chair in Computer Science
Abstract
We report on the design and deployment of systems for the performance of live score accompaniment to an interactive movie by a Networked Musical Ensemble. In this case, the audiovisual content of the movie is selected in real time based on user input to a Brain-Computer Interface (BCI). Our system supports musical improvisation between human performers and automated systems responding to the BCI. We explore the performers' roles during two performances when these socio-technical systems were implemented, in terms of coordination, problem-solving, managing uncertainty and musical responses to system constraints. This allows us to consider how features of these systems and practices might be incorporated into a general tool, aimed at any musician, which could scale for use in different performance settings involving interactive media.
Citation
Ramchurn, R., Martinez-Avila, J., Martindale, S., Chamberlain, A., Wilson, M. L., & Benford, S. (2019). Improvising a Live Score to an Interactive Brain-Controlled Film.
Conference Name | International Conference on New Interfaces for Musical Expression (NIME) |
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Conference Location | Porto Alegre, Brazil |
Start Date | Jun 3, 2019 |
End Date | Jun 6, 2019 |
Acceptance Date | Mar 20, 2019 |
Publication Date | Jun 6, 2019 |
Deposit Date | Jun 24, 2019 |
Publicly Available Date | Jun 25, 2019 |
Keywords | Live score, BCI, Film, Improvisation, Max/MSP/Jitter CCS Concepts, Applied computing, Sound and music computing, Performing arts, Information systems, Music retrieval |
Public URL | https://nottingham-repository.worktribe.com/output/2223004 |
Publisher URL | http://www.nime.org/archives/ |
Related Public URLs | https://www.ufrgs.br/nime2019/ |
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