Creative Machines: Technology and Collaborative Practice in Contemporary Music
A free one-day symposium at Royal Holloway, University of London
7 June 2024
Keynote Speaker: Dr Luke Nickel (independent artist-researcher)
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As the integration of technology into contemporary music practice and research has become increasingly prevalent, new challenges and opportunities have emerged. What kinds of collaborative practice emerge from the creation of works integrating new technologies? What kinds of distributed and networked creative practices does technology facilitate? How do the methods and methodologies of collaboration figure when not all of the participants are human? What are the aesthetics and ethics of more-than-human, posthuman, or cyborg collaboration? How might such discourses affect our interactions with AI?
This symposium hosted by Cyborg Soloists will explore and reflect upon the role technologies play in collaborative practice within the field of contemporary music. It will be divided into four sections:
More-Than-Human Collaborators
Bodies, Voices, Choreography, Technology
Audiovisual Storytelling, and
Ludomusicology
The keynote speaker will be Dr Luke Nickel (independent artist-researcher), and the day will conclude with a wine reception and free concert by SONAMB (Vicky Clarke), performing her Cyborg Soloists-commissioned work NEURAL MATERIALS.
Details and Registration
This is a free event. Lunch and refreshments will be provided.
Date: 7 June 2024
Location: The Boilerhouse, Royal Holloway, University of London, Egham Hill, Egham, Surrey, TW20 0EX [Map] [How to get to Royal Holloway]
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Schedule
| 9:00 – 10:00 | Welcome and Registration |
| 10:00 – 11:30 | Session 1: More-Than-Human Collaborators
Nina Whiteman Ned Barker, Joana Burd, Nikolas Gomes and Jambu Leon Michener |
| 11:30 – 11:45 | Coffee Break |
| 11:45 – 12:45 | Session 2: Audiovisual Storytelling
Tonia Ko and Adam Ganz An-Ting and Ian Gallagher |
| 12:45 – 13:30 | Lunch |
| 13:30 – 15:00 | Session 3: Bodies, Voices, Choreography, Technology
Amble Skuse, Bosko Begović Megan Steinberg Edmund Hunt |
| 15:00 – 15:15 | Coffee Break |
| 15:15 – 16:15 | Session 4: Ludomusicology
Martin Suckling Jenn Kirby |
| 16:15 – 16:30 | Coffee Break |
| 16:30 – 17:30 | Keynote Lecture: Dr Luke Nickel (independent artist-researcher) Transmission, loss, and coalescence in collaborations with humans, technologies, and intelligences: A discussion of some recent works and ideas in my practice 2014-2024 |
| 17:30 – 18:00 | Wine Reception |
| 18:00 – 18:30 | Concert: SONAMB (Vicky Clarke) |
Questions?
Please direct any questions to jonathan.packham@rhul.ac.uk and caitlin.rowley@rhul.ac.uk
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