Jan C. Schacher, Patrick Neff
In: Proceedings of The 11th International Symposium on Computer Music Multidisciplinary Research (CMMR), 16.-19. June 2015, Plymouth UK
Abstract
In music performance the perceptions of musician and audience are fluid and depend on shared embodiment and cognitive processes. This article explores skill development and the stabilisation of expertise through practise, and the corporeal as well as the neural mechanisms at work in music performance and perception. Key questions centre around the affective, embodied but also neurological aspects of this domain. The types of awareness on a corporeal level and the neural processes that occur within the musician and the listener-viewer are investigated. The aim is to show that `enactive’, embodied concepts merely provide a different perspective of the same complex matter than what the cognitive neurosciences propose. The insights arising from blending the two fields can be productive both for artistic practice as well as systematic research in music. A concrete musical piece that exposes an improvising gestural practice using sensor-based instruments and digital sound processing serves as an example to show the problematic relationship between musician, instrument, technology and the audience.
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@inproceedings{Schacher_2015c,
Address = {Plymouth, UK},
Author = {Jan C. Schacher and Patrick Neff},
Booktitle = {Proceedings of the 11th International Symposium on Computer Music Multidisciplinary Research (CMMR)},
Month = {16--19 June},
Pages = {333--349},
Title = {{The Fluid and the Crystalline -- Processes of the Music Performing and Perceiving Body}},
Year = {2015}}