Listening with the Eyes : Remarks on Live Coding Performance
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| Year of publication | 2016 |
| Type | Article in Periodical |
| Magazine / Source | MAP - Media / Archive / Performance |
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| Web | http://www.perfomap.de/map7/media-performance-on-gestures/listening-with-the-eyes-remarks-on-live-coding-performance |
| Field | Art, architecture, cultural heritage |
| Keywords | music for eyes; live coding; notation; game |
| Description | The practice of listening with eyes has a remarkably long tradition. In Western tradition of notated music we can trace this tendency back at least to the 16th century. Usage of musical figures, extramusical references leading to literature or fine art or even drawing with melodic lines could be considered as a common tendency of this practice. Music history after intermedia and multimedia development in the 20th century is nowadays heading towards code based performance. The crucial questions are as follows: Is that music, notation or process of creation which is being performed? And, secondly, who is the performer and who is the audience comprised of? |
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