NIME2011 - 11th International ConferenceNew Interfaces for Musical Expression

27 May - 1 June 2011, Oslo, Norway

Travel Report July 11, 2011Matti Luhtala

VTT Technical Research Centre

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NIME 2011

Place: University of Oslo International Conference on New Interfaces for Musical Expression. The NIME conference started out as a workshop at the Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (CHI) in 2001. http://www.nime2011.org/

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Pre-NIME Workshop - urMus

urMus is specifically designed for mobile devices (iPhone and Android). Real time patching environment. Designed for Malleability. Easy to enter, deep to master. Visual interface programming via LUA language, similar to Processing. See more at http://urmus.eecs.umich.edu/

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Pre-NIME Workshop - Auditory Augmentation of Everyday Objects with Near Real-time Data

Auditory augmentation is a design and development paradigm for the creation of unobtrusive data representation layers that enhance the sonic characteristic of arbitrary physical objects. Unobtrusive, partly because of activity-driven feedback, Pleasing, non-permanent sound scape. See more at http://tangibleauditoryinterfaces.de/

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Pre-NIME Workshop - Auditory Augmentation of Everyday Objects with Near Real-time Data

With typewriter. Measuring mood of the person typing. (E.g) body temperature and other physiological states. In offices and museums. Other real time data drivers: time of the day, urgency etc. Challenge: how to measure artist’s cultural impact in real time (is it near then at all ?) http://vimeo.com/19581079

Possible usage situations

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NIME Conference HighlightsKeynote by David Rokeby - Adventures in Phy-gital Space

Control system or space engagement. Demonstration or Performance. Is it enough if an interactive system takes a performer to a place they would not otherwise go? Hopefully video of the keynote will be available soon. See also a blog writing of Rokeby’s keynote speech writing by Charles Céleste Hutchins:

Some of the discussed themes

http://celesteh.blogspot.com/2011/05/live-blogging-nime-keynote-adventures.html

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NIME Conference Highlights

See video of the MindBox athttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rpb4s2VpnCk

MindBox was presented at Sonic Interaction Design exhibition.

According the creators, the installation attracts visitors' senses offering a joyful gambling- game around musical, choreographical and cinematographical elements as dance & beat-boxing.

The latter expression describes a form of vocal percussion from which the installation derives its title.

MindBox Media Slot Machine

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NIME Conference HighligtsPoster session - Designing a Music Performance Space for

Persons with Intellectual Learning Disabilities*

*Luhtala, M., Kymäläinen,T & Plomp, J. (0). Designing Music Performance Space for Persons with Intellectual Learning Disabilities. NIME 0, Oslo, Norway: ACM.

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Thank You for Your Time