Listening in code : process and politics in interactive musical works

Thesis: S.M. in Comparative Media Studies, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Department of Humanities, 2016.

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Main Author: Stuhl, Andy Kelleher
Other Authors: Ian Condry.
Format: Thesis
Language:eng
Published: Massachusetts Institute of Technology 2016
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/104256
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spelling mit-1721.1/1042562022-07-26T16:19:40Z Listening in code : process and politics in interactive musical works Process and politics in interactive musical works Stuhl, Andy Kelleher Ian Condry. Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Comparative Media Studies. Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Program in Comparative Media Studies/Writing Humanities. Comparative Media Studies. Thesis: S.M. in Comparative Media Studies, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Department of Humanities, 2016. Cataloged from PDF version of thesis. Includes bibliographical references (pages 83-85). As everyday musical experiences move further into software platforms, an interest among musicians in taking fuller advantage of computational media produces a strand of interactive, software-based musical works I call open mediational music. This phenomenon stands apart from other types of creative work centered on music and interaction by valorizing the listener's responsibility for instantiating musical works. It also advances an agenda of openness with respect to interactivity as a principle of new media. I center four case studies on a set of interactive musical works that exemplify this phenomenon: Reflective by Reiko Yamada, Thicket by Morgan Packard and Joshue Ott, Jazz. Computer by Yotam Mann and Sarah Rothberg, and Baggage Allowance by Pamela Z. Each of these works takes shape out of unique motivations and in different forms and settings. Collectively, they advance a notion of platforms as objects of critical awareness and propose listening as a model for mindful participation in algorithmic environments. Illuminating the distinct claims that sound and software hold on one another as creative domains, open mediational music invites listeners to rehearse a conscientious engagement with the sites and conditions of computationally mediated cultural encounter. by Andy Kelleher Stuhl. S.M. in Comparative Media Studies 2016-09-13T19:18:03Z 2016-09-13T19:18:03Z 2016 2016 Thesis http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/104256 958152276 eng M.I.T. theses are protected by copyright. They may be viewed from this source for any purpose, but reproduction or distribution in any format is prohibited without written permission. See provided URL for inquiries about permission. http://dspace.mit.edu/handle/1721.1/7582 85 pages application/pdf Massachusetts Institute of Technology
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Listening in code : process and politics in interactive musical works
title Listening in code : process and politics in interactive musical works
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title_fullStr Listening in code : process and politics in interactive musical works
title_full_unstemmed Listening in code : process and politics in interactive musical works
title_short Listening in code : process and politics in interactive musical works
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Comparative Media Studies.
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