An enactive approach to digital musical instrument design-Theory, Models, Techniques - Softcover

Armstrong, Newton

Softcover

ISBN 10: 3836419262 ISBN 13: 9783836419260

Publisher: VDM Verlag Dr. Mueller E.K., 2007

Synopsis

Digital musical instruments bring about new problems and prospects for mu­si­cal performance. In An enactive approach to digital musical instrument de­sign, Newton Armstrong argues that these problems and prospects are theo­re­tical and philosophical as much as they are technical. Drawing on the en­active cognitive science of Francisco Varela and others, as well as the phen­omen­ology of Martin Heidegger and Maurice Merleau-Ponty, Armstrong out­lines a model of interaction based around circular chains of embodied inter­de­pen­dency between performer and instrument, and examines the ways in which technological resistance to human action plays a key role in the in­cre­men­tal acquisition of performative skill. This book is addressed to musicians and artists working with interactive systems, to theorists of new media, and to researchers and designers interested in human factors in computing.

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About the Author

Is a composer, performer and theorist working mainly in digital musics. He holds degrees from the University of Melbourne and Princeton University, and currently teaches in the Music Department and Electroacoustic Music Program at Dartmouth College.

Edition details

• Publisher: VDM Verlag Dr. Mueller E.K.
• Publication date: 2007
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 3836419262
• ISBN 13: 9783836419260
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 188