Self-playing guitars installation
Cagri Erdem and Sebastian Fongen Langslet
The Self-playing Guitars is a platform for exploring the meeting point between acoustic and digital sound production in a collection of self-playing instruments. As part of our “out-of-lab” experimentations at the RITMO centre, this platform has formed the basis for various types of scientific research into sensors used for detecting people's motion, digital sound generation, and mappings between action and sound. We explore the artistic possibilities of self-playing guitars through several public performances and exhibitions, including researching the differences between performing and perceiving an instrument and investigating the differences between acoustic and electroacoustic instruments. We will present a new installation piece for the International Seminar on Sonic Design. The participants will experience a multi-agent system that generates a variety of textures depending on the interaction of people passing by.
Dr. Squiggles installation
Michael Joseph Krzyzaniak
Dr. Squiggles is an interactive rhythmic tapping robot that can listen to music and play along. In this installation, visitors can tap rhythms on a tabletop. Several Dr. Squiggles robots listen to the tapping and play along by tapping their own rhythms on glockenspiels and other objects. Dr. Squiggles was developed at the UiO RITMO Centre for Interdisciplinary Studies in Rhythm, Time and Motion.
Interactive music performance
Students from the course MUS2830, directed by Cagri Erdem and Qichao Lan
The Interactive Music (MUS2830) is an elective course tailored for the bachelor programme at the Department of Musicology, focusing on diversifying students’ artistic repertoire via interactive music technologies. In this performance, the students will present a special series of short musical performance acts using the interactive music systems they have developed as part of their coursework. These systems span a wide range of analog and digital tools from Victorian synthesizers to sensor-based control of computer music software, live coding, and Eurorack systems. While some acts will be based on pre-composed musical ideas for solo performance, some will be entirely free improvised in ensemble settings. This course provides students with knowledge and skills in designing, building, and performing with various types of musical instruments and interactive music systems.