Paper Info
Title
The Wrist-Conductor.
Abstract
The starting point for this project is the want to produce a music controller that could be employed in such a manner that even lay public could enjoy the possibilities of mobile art. All of the works that are discussed here are in relation to a new GPS-based controller, the Wrist-Conductor. The works are technically based around the synchronizing possibilities using the GPS Time Mark and are aesthetically rooted in works that function in an open public space such as a city or a forest. One of the works intended for the controller, China Gates, is discussed here in detail in order to describe how the GPS Wrist-Controller is actually used in a public art context. The other works, CitySonics, The Enchanted Forest and Get a Pot & a Spoon are described briefly in order to demonstrate that even a simple controller can be used to create a body of works. This paper also addresses the breaking of the media bubble via the concept of the "open audience", or how mobile art can engage pedestrians as viewers or listeners within public space and not remain an isolated experience for performers only.
Year
DOI
Venue
2007
10.1145/1279740.1279789
NIME
Keywords
Field
DocType
public space,gps wrist-controller,new gps-based controller,gps time mark,music controller,gps,open audience,simple controller,collaborative performance,public art context,mobile art,open public space,controller,mobile music
Public art,Control theory,Mobile music,Public space,Computer science,Synchronizing,Human–computer interaction,Global Positioning System,Multimedia
Conference
Citations 
PageRank 
References 
0
0.34
3
Authors
2
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
Arthur Clay101.01
Dennis Majoe26810.20