Abstract
Pathfinder is a performance-game for solo drummer, exploring the synergies between multiple contemporary creative
practices. The work navigates between music composition, improvisation, projection/light art and game art. At its heart
lies a bespoke electro-acoustic instrument, the augmented drum-kit, used not only to provide the sonic content of the
work in real-time, but also as a highly expressive game controller that interacts with an instrument-specific game. The
musical instrument offers a much wider range of expressive possibilities, control and tactile feedback in comparison to a
traditional general-purpose game controller, and as a result it affords a more diverse and nuanced game play
performance. Live electronics, lights, projections and the drum-kit all make up the performance-game’s universe, within
which the performer has to explore, adapt, navigate and complete a journey.
| Original language | English |
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| Title of host publication | Proceedings of the 2016 International Conference on live interfaces |
| Editors | Thor Magnusson, Chris Kiefer, Sam Duffy |
| Place of Publication | Brighton |
| Publisher | Experimental Music Technologies (EMuTe) Lab, University of Sussexand REFRAME |
| Pages | 268-269 |
| Number of pages | 2 |
| ISBN (Print) | 9780993199684 |
| Publication status | Published - 29 Jun 2016 |
| Event | International conference on Live Interfaces - University of Sussex, Brighton, United Kingdom Duration: 29 Jun 2016 → 3 Jul 2016 https://thormagnusson.github.io/liveinterfaces/ |
Conference
| Conference | International conference on Live Interfaces |
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| Abbreviated title | ICLI |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| City | Brighton |
| Period | 29/06/16 → 3/07/16 |
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