Composing aleatoric music through interaction: a composition environment based on interaction with mobile technologies for public spaces

Mauro Amazonas; Thais Castro; João Gustavo Kienen; Rosiane Freitas; Bruno Gadelha

doi:10.35699/2317-6377.2020.26077

Authors

Mauro Amazonas Federal University of Amazonas, Brazil https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7884-4436
Thais Castro Federal University of Amazonas, Brazil https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6076-7674
João Gustavo Kienen Federal University of Amazonas, Brazil https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1853-9878
Rosiane Freitas Federal University of Amazonas, Brazil https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7608-2052
Bruno Gadelha Federal University of Amazonas, Brazil https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7007-5209

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https://doi.org/10.35699/2317-6377.2020.26077

Keywords:

Mobile technologies, Aleatoric music, Collaborative composition, Sound interaction, Sound spatialization

Abstract

Urban public art is an art exhibition held in public places, contextualized with their surroundings and its audience. Technology is a significant trend in public art due to its connection possibilities with human life, fostering different kinds of interaction. In this way, this work presents an installation proposal consisting of an environment for creating collaborative random music from interaction with mobile devices in public spaces. Everyone participating in the installation is a composer and interaction is a chance agent, although it follows John Cage's composition methods. In order to probe technology, we carried out two pilot studies, followed by a workshop for the installation itself. Those two pilot studies led us to a new version that was put into practice during the workshop. During the workshop, participants' interaction generated fourteen compositions, and the sounds resulting from the collaborative composition were made available to the public through a website.

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Mauro Amazonas, Federal University of Amazonas, Brazil

Msc. Mauro Amazonas has a degree in Computer Science from the State University of Amazonas (UEA), has a Master's degree in Computer Science from the Federal University of Amazonas (UFAM). He is currently a professor and researcher at the Federal Institute of Amazonas (IFAM), and a doctoral candidate in the postgraduate course in informatics at the Computing Institute (IComp) at Federal University of Amazonas (UFAM). He works in the area of Computer Networks, Computer Programming, Hardware, Database, Music Computing and Collaborative Systems.

Thais Castro, Federal University of Amazonas, Brazil

Dr. Thais Castro is an associate professor at the Federal University of Amazonas (UFAM), where she advises undergraduate, master's and doctoral students. She completed her Post-Doctoral Internship at the Scientific and Technological Education Program at UFSC and held a Doctorate in Informatics at PUC-Rio (2011), during which she did the Sandwich Doctorate program at the University of Edinburgh (2009-2010). Her research focus is on accessibility, inclusive learning, and accessibility in entertainment through technology, where she has a special interest in inclusive design processes, inclusive teaching-learning process through assistive technologies, people centered design methods and evaluation of interactive computational artifacts.

João Gustavo Kienen, Federal University of Amazonas, Brazil

Dr. João Gustavo Kienen, pianist, researcher, music educator, doctor and master at PPGSCA / UFAM, professor at the Faculty of Arts / UFAM. In research, he works in the areas of performance, historical musicology, pianism in the Amazon, and music computing. Professor of the Professional Masters in Arts, Director of Faartes / UFAM.

Rosiane Freitas, Federal University of Amazonas, Brazil

Rosiane de Freitas is a computer scientist, a lover of computational mathematics, complex problems and algorithmic strategies. Professor at IComp/UFAM, with Master's Degree from IC/UNICAMP and Doctorate from COPPE/UFRJ. Leader of the CNPq research group on Optimization, algorithms and computational complexity, coordinates projects and supervises theses, dissertations and ICs in collaboration with research groups around the world, with an emphasis on combinatorial optimization, graph theory, game theory, scheduling in parallel machines , mathematical programming and computational intelligence. Coordinator of scientific events, editor and author of articles published in conferences and (inter)national journals. Representative of Brazil at Centro Latinoamericano de Informática - CLEI. Latin American representative at IFORS (International Federation of Operational Research Societies), coordinating the Committee for Developing Countries, with a strong presence in Africa. Member of the Special Committee on Algorithms, Combinatorics and Optimization and of the Competition Steering Committee of the Brazilian Computer Society (SBC). Active in HR training actions, women in S&T and technological innovation. Co-founder of Cunhantã Digital. Co-founder of FunTechShow, Smart Entertainment. It develops projects in partnership with the Brazilian Creative Learning Network.

Bruno Gadelha, Federal University of Amazonas, Brazil

Bruno Gadelha graduated with a PhD in Computer Science from the Pontifical Catholic University of Rio de Janeiro in 2012. He is currently a professor at the Federal University of Amazonas (UFAM). He has experience in the field of Computer Science, with an emphasis on Software Engineering, working mainly on the following topics: computer science education, software engineering, collaborative systems and crowd dynamics in entertainment contexts. He also works in the Music Computing area, where he works together with the Faculty of Artes/UFAM.

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Composing aleatoric music through interaction

a composition environment based on interaction with mobile technologies for public spaces

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Mauro Amazonas, Federal University of Amazonas, Brazil

Thais Castro, Federal University of Amazonas, Brazil

João Gustavo Kienen, Federal University of Amazonas, Brazil

Rosiane Freitas, Federal University of Amazonas, Brazil

Bruno Gadelha, Federal University of Amazonas, Brazil

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