5500: Performance, Control, and Politics

Tomás Laurenzo

doi:10.5281/zenodo.1176058

5500: Performance, Control, and Politics

Tomás Laurenzo^*

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Abstract

In the period between June 2014 and June 2015, at least 5,500 immigrants died trying to reach Europe from Africa while crossing the Mediterranean Sea.
In this paper we present 5500, a piano performance that is a part of an on-going project that investigates the incorporation of electrical muscle stimulation (EMS) into musical performances, with a particular interest in the political significance of the negotiation of control that arises.
5500 consists of a performance of Beethoven's Sonata Pathétique, where the pianist’s execution is disrupted using computer–controlled electrodes which stimulate the muscles in his or her arms causing their involuntary contractions and affecting the final musical result

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Proceedings of the International Conference on New Interfaces for Musical Expression
Publisher	Queensland Conservatorium Griffith University
Pages	36-40
ISBN (Print)	978-1-925455-13-7
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.1176058
Publication status	Published - 15 Jul 2016
Event	International conference on New Interfaces for Musical Expression, NIME 2016 - Brisbane, Australia Duration: 11 Jul 2016 → 15 Jul 2016

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Name	Proceedings of the International Conference on New Interfaces for Musical Expression
ISSN (Print)	2220-4792

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Conference	International conference on New Interfaces for Musical Expression, NIME 2016
Place	Australia
City	Brisbane
Period	11/07/16 → 15/07/16

Research Keywords

Data visualization
Glitch
Muscle memory
Performance
Piano

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Laurenzo, T 2016, 5500: Performance, Control, and Politics. in Proceedings of the International Conference on New Interfaces for Musical Expression. Proceedings of the International Conference on New Interfaces for Musical Expression, Queensland Conservatorium Griffith University, pp. 36-40, International conference on New Interfaces for Musical Expression, NIME 2016, Brisbane, Australia, 11/07/16. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.1176058

5500: Performance, Control, and Politics. / Laurenzo, Tomás.
Proceedings of the International Conference on New Interfaces for Musical Expression. Queensland Conservatorium Griffith University, 2016. p. 36-40 (Proceedings of the International Conference on New Interfaces for Musical Expression).

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