23 Dec 03 / city as instrument

hci, music, performance, tech toys

I was looking at the papers presented at the last NIME conference, and I came across this one: the urban environment as a musical interface.

Even with all the new technology we've seen in recent years, the basic musician-instrument relationship really hasn't changed that much. Yet. The idea of an explorable evironment as a music controller is, I think, pretty neat. It starts to seriously break down the standard ideas of musician, audience, and performer.

For more on NIME '03, check out Eric Cook's recap.