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ICMC 2015 performance, video/film, plastic arts, and theater. CEMI’s four studios and The 2015 International Computer the Merrill Ellis Intermedia Theater Music Conference (ICMC) will take nurture the development of dozens place from 25 September to 1 October of works each year, including music 2015, hosted by the Center for Experi- for live performance with interac- mental Music and Intermedia (CEMI) tive computer systems, multichannel at the University of North Texas surround audio compositions, film (UNT) in Denton, Texas. The theme and video works, dance pieces with of the conference, “Looking Back, live video, and intermedia theatrical Looking Forward,” invites partici- performances. Previously, CEMI has pants to reflect on the innovations, hosted the International Computer as is evidenced by the wide range of developments, and artistic challenges Music Conference in 1981, the SEA- instruments he has adopted: modern, over the past century, and to ar- MUS National Conference in 2000, classical, and ethnic flutes, new spe- ticulate a vision for the future. To and the Electric LaTex Festival in cially designed instruments, and live that end, the organizers have posed 2007, among others. electronics. these questions: Have the major Web: icmc2015.unt.edu. Web: nycemf.org. challenges faced in computer music and research changed over the past century? What are the leading issues New York City Electroacoustic ISMIR 2015 in computer music today? Special Music Festival topics for the 2015 conference in- The 16th International Society for clude digital communities, big data, The 2015 New York City Electro- Music Information Retrieval Con- telematic music, intermedia, 3-D acoustic Music Festival (NYCEMF) ference (ISMIR) will take place in printing, new media, virtual reality, will take place 22–28 June 2015 at Malaga, Spain, from 26–30 October futurism, robotics, and mobile music the Abrons Arts Center in New York 2015. The conference is organized computing. City. The NYCEMF is dedicated to by the Grupo de Aplicacion´ de las showcasing the best electroacoustic Tecnologıas´ de la Informacion´ y music and video art from all over the Comunicaciones of the University of world through a multiday festival in Malaga. New York City. The festival includes ISMIR is a leading research forum fixed-media electroacoustic music in on processing, analyzing, searching, up to eight channels, works involving organizing, and accessing music- live electronics, works combining related data. According to this year’s musical instruments or voices with organizers, music becomes music recorded or live electronics, video after being processed by the human and multimedia works, and audio and mind, and individuals perceive music video installations. in different, complex ways. Therefore, The featured performer for this conference aims to embrace the NYCEMF 2015 is flautist Gianni complexity and diversity of music by Trovalusci. Trovalusci graduated in showcasing ideas and applications for CEMI is an interdisciplinary center flute from the Conservatorio Santa enhancing the way we interact with focused on music and arts technolo- Cecilia in Rome, specializing in con- music. gies. Founded in 1963 as the UNT temporary repertoire with Pierre-Yves The organizers characterize mu- Electronic Music Center, CEMI pro- Artaud of and early-music per- sic information retrieval (MIR) as a vides an environment for research formance with Jesper Christensen truly interdisciplinary field, involving and education, hosting regular public and Oskar Peter at the Schola Can- researchers, developers, educators, li- performances and fostering integra- torum Basiliensis in Switzerland. brarians, students, and professionals tion of electroacoustic music, live His musical research has led him to from the disciplines of musicology, discover parallel artistic areas and cognitive science, library and infor- doi:10.1162/COMJ e 00294 traces, like theatre, dance, and poetry, mation science, computer science,

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Downloaded from http://www.mitpressjournals.org/doi/pdf/10.1162/COMJ_e_00294 by guest on 30 September 2021 electrical engineering, and many oth- productions. The symposium con- fostering interdisciplinary academic ers. Therefore, as in previous years, sists of a peer-reviewed conference, discourse and exchange among cul- ISMIR 2015 will provide a venue for a series of exhibitions, and various turally diverse organizations and the exchange of ideas, issues, results, partner events, such as large-scale individuals working with art, science, and perspectives among the different interactive artwork in public space and technology. ISEA International profiles of people working with mu- and electronic music performances. Headquarters is supported by the sic and computing in a broad sense. ISEA 2015’s theme of “Disrup- University of Brighton in the UK. ISMIR 2015 will cover the entire area tion” invites a conversation about Web: isea2015.siat.sfu.ca. of MIR, providing ample room for the aesthetics of change, renewal, and diversity and new developments. game-changing paradigms. ISEA looks ISMIR 2015 will include introduc- to raw bursts of energy, reconcilia- International Workshop on tory and in-depth tutorials, presenta- tion, error, and the destructive and Movement and Computing tions of research papers and posters, creative forces of the new. In practices and invited talks reflecting the inter- ranging from hacking and detourne- In conjunction with ISEA 2015, the disciplinary nature of MIR research. ment to inversions of place, time, second International Workshop on A special session for demonstrations and intention, creative work across Movement and Computing (MOCO) and late-breaking news will be hosted disciplines constantly finds ways to will take place 14–15 August 2015 at in which results or evaluations are not rethink or reconsider form, function, Simon Fraser University. MOCO aims required; rather, the emphasis will be context, body, network, and culture. to gather academics and practition- on new, insightful ideas and demos. In this way, disruption and rupture ers interested in the computational ISMIR 2015 will also host an informal are fundamental to digital aesthetics. study, modeling, representation, group discussion and brainstorming Within this theme, ISEA endeav- segmentation, recognition, classifi- event, known as an “unconference,” ors to investigate trends in digital cation, or generation of movement offering the unique opportunity to and Internet aesthetics and revive information. MOCO is positioned foster engaging conversations and exchange across disciplines. The or- among the interdisciplinary domains interactions among participants with ganizers hope to broaden the spheres emerging between art and science. widely ranging degrees of experience. in which disruptive aesthetics can While human movement focuses ISMIR 2015 will also include a be explored, crossing into the worlds on bodily experience, developing musical program. The aim of the con- of science, technology, design, visual computational models for movement cert program is twofold: to encourage art, contemporary and media art, requires abstraction and represen- the use of MIR techniques in the performance, and sound. tation of lived embodied cognition. creation of new music and to explore In the last four years ISEA has Selecting appropriate models between music that can suggest novel ideas for been hosted in (2011), Albu- movement and its rich personal and research in the field. querque, New Mexico (2012), cultural meanings remains a chal- Web: ismir2015.uma.es. (2013), and Dubai (2014). ISEA 2015 lenge in movement interaction re- in marks its return to search. This two-day workshop seeks , 20 years since the ground- to explore an equal and richly nu- ISEA 2015 breaking first Canadian ISEA 1995 in anced epistemological partnership be- .´ The Symposium will be tween movement experience, move- The 21st International Symposium held at the Woodward’s campus of ment cognition, and computational on Electronic Art (ISEA) will be held SFU in downtown Vancouver, with representation. in Vancouver, Canada, 14–18 August exhibitions and events taking place This edition of MOCO calls to- 2015, hosted by the Faculty of Com- at Emily Carr University of Art and gether individuals working in the munication, Art and Technology and Design and many other sites and intersections of human–computer School of Interactive Arts and Tech- venues throughout the city. interaction, computer graphics, ma- nology at Simon Fraser University The series of ISEA symposia is chine learning, artificial intelligence, (SFU). ISEA is a leading international coordinated by ISEA International. robotics, affective computing, cog- arts and technology event, bringing Founded in the Netherlands in 1990, nitive science, neuroscience, and together scholarly, artistic, and scien- ISEA International (formerly Inter- psychology, as well as artists from tific domains in an interdisciplinary Society for the Electronic Arts) is an media art, choreography, composi- discussion and showcase of creative international nonprofit organization tion, dance, and design. The workshop

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Downloaded from http://www.mitpressjournals.org/doi/pdf/10.1162/COMJ_e_00294 by guest on 30 September 2021 aims to promote scientific and artistic this year’s event. The symposium As in preceding years, TIES 2015 collaborations within this interdisci- will take place in Toronto from leads directly into the main con- plinary boundary, offering opportuni- 19–23 August 2015 at the Artscape cert weekend of the annual Sound ties to disseminate emerging research Wychwood Barns and at CMC. Travels Festival of Sound Art, on through presentations, demonstra- TIES aims to provide opportunities 20 and 22 August. Under the theme tions, and group discussions. to explore and share new develop- of “HEAR n o w HERE,” the 17th Web: moco.iat.sfu.ca. ments in equipment and software, edition of Sound Travels explores relate perspectives on performance emerging trends alongside estab- and research practices, and expand lished traditions in electroacoustic Toronto International their artistic and professional net- music. Nicolas Collins, the keynote Electroacoustic Symposium work. The 2015 symposium is the speaker of TIES 2015, is also one ninth annual iteration of this forum of Sound Travels’ featured artists. The Canadian Electroacoustic Com- for exchange between diverse electro- TIES and Sound Travels events will munity (CEC), New Adventures in acoustic communities. In recent be presented using NAISA’s real-time Sound Art (NAISA), and the Canadian editions of the symposium, a number spatialization system. All symposium Music Centre (CMC) have announced of themes have emerged, including contributions will be Webcast live, the 9th edition of the Toronto Inter- creative and collaborative practices, and text proceedings will be published national Electroacoustic Symposium curation, research and analysis, al- in a forthcoming issue of the CEC’s (TIES), with composer, performer, and gorithmic processes, intermedia online journal for electroacoustics, hardware-hacking pioneer Nicolas practices, electronic ensembles, and eContact! Collins as the keynote speaker for live coding. Web: cec.sonus.ca/events/TIES.

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