[1O5-OS-29b] OS-29

[1O5-OS-29b-01] Remote Multi-site Improvisation Through Interactive Animation

〇Tsutomu Fujinami¹ (1. Japan Advanced Institute of Science and Technology)

Keywords:Improvisation, visual score, Artificial Life

Pandemic prohibited musicians from performing the public spaces. The situation forced musicians to explore the possibility of Internet technology such as remote communication tools. Musicians played music at multiple sites and delivered it to the listener via Internet. The incident opened our eyes to the varieties of forms in which music can be played. We organized a concert on 22^nd October 2023, where two groups of musicians played at different sites, one in Kanazawa and the other in New York. They played in the first half of the performance “Ryoanji,” composed by John Cage. A program received the sounds from both venues to manipulate the visuals to be shown to the audience at both sites. It incorporated some ideas of artificial life to make the visual spontaneous. The animation was recorded and served as score for the second half of the performance. Musicians at both sites saw the same visual and improvised on it with the instruction by the director. The piece was designed by the composer, Tomomi Adachi. The performance was well appreciated at both sites. Apart from technical challenges, it raises a question, how we can make spontaneous music distributed around the world. Our performance is an answer to the question.