Subject: 3DMIN Call For Contribution
From: Martin Supper
Symposium on Design, Development, and Dissemination of New Musical
Instruments
Call for Contributions
On behalf of the Organising Committee, we would like to invite you to be
part of the International Symposium on Design, Development, and
Dissemination of New Musical Instruments (3DMIN) taking place at the
Designtransfer Berlin (Einsteinufer 43, 10587 Berlin) on October 14th
and 15th, 2016.
We invite submissions of contributions in the following categories:
Spoken Presentation:
20 minutes plenum presentation plus 5 minutes Q&A
Artistic Performance:
up to 30 minutes concert performance plus 10 minutes. short paper
presentation (optional)
Poster Presentation/ Technical Demonstration:
5 minutes plenum presentation plus poster session
Topics
The symposium aims to take a closer look at the many different
identities and forms of contemporary musical instruments from a broad
range of disciplines, thereby contributing to a better understanding of
the conditions of instrumentality in the digital age. Contributions from
the following disciplines and related fields are welcome:
product and interaction design
performance and instrument design in/as contemporary artistic practice
systematic musicology and music psychology
organology and cultural history of musical instruments
music technology
Topics may relate to, but are not limited to the following issues:
Contemporary controllers and instruments for musical expression
Controllers for collaborative performance
Motion, gesture, and music
Musical mapping strategies
Interaction design and software tools
Perceptual and cognitive issues of performers and audience
Musical performance analysis
Performance strategies and interaction with generative algorithms
Experiences with instruments in live performance and composition
Musicianship of new musical instruments
Historical studies in instrument design, stimulating ideas for future
research
Artistic, cultural, and social impact of contemporary musical instrument
technology
Contemporary instruments in music education
Reports on student projects in the framework of contemporary
musical instrument related courses
Practice-based research approaches/methodologies/criticism
User studies/evaluations of contemporary musical instruments
Important Dates
Please submit a contribution title and abstract (max. 500 words,
relevant for new submissions only) by April 1st, 2016.
Please send all submissions to symposium.3dmin@ak.tu-berlin.de and
indicate what type of contribution you would like to make (spoken,
artistic, or poster presentation).
Organizing Commitee
Scientific co-chairs
Hauke Egermann (University of York)
Alexander Förstel (Technische Universität Berlin) Sarah-Indriyati
Hardjowirogo (Technische Universität Berlin) Marten Seedorf (Technische
Universität Berlin
Martin Supper (Berlin University of the Arts)
Andreas Pysiewicz (Berlin University of the Arts)
Stefan Weinzierl (Technische Universität Berlin)
Artistic co-chairs
Till Bovermann (Berlin University of the Arts)
Alberto de Campo (Berlin University of the Arts)
Dominik Hildebrand Marques Lopes (Berlin University of the Arts)
Amelie Hinrichsen (Berlin University of the Arts)
Andreas Pysiewicz (Technische Universität Berlin)
Martin Supper (Berlin University of the Arts)