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From passive agent to musical partner: Insights from the MAD clarinet project as a case study
| Summary: | This paper examines the evolution of the MAD Clarinet, a technologically expanded acoustic instrument, as a case study of the relationship between a human performer and an algorithmic system in performative settings. Based on a practice-based and case study approach, the proposed research traces the development of the system from a passive agent to a more active performative partner. Reflecting on observations from successive iterations of the instrument, the paper shows how changes in system design affect performer-system interaction and the shaping of musical form. The MAD Clarinet highlights how algorithmic systems can participate in performance by influencing musical unfolding in real-time, contributing to a distributed but performer-driven creative process. |
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| Main Authors: | Travasso, Rui |
| Other Authors: | Dorigatti, Enrico |
| Subject: | Expanded instrument MAD clarinet Practice-based research Performance Creative technologies |
| Year: | 2026 |
| Country: | Portugal |
| Document type: | conference paper |
| Access type: | open access |
| Associated institution: | Instituto Politécnico de Beja |
| Language: | English |
| Origin: | Repositório Institucional do IPBeja |
| Summary: | This paper examines the evolution of the MAD Clarinet, a technologically expanded acoustic instrument, as a case study of the relationship between a human performer and an algorithmic system in performative settings. Based on a practice-based and case study approach, the proposed research traces the development of the system from a passive agent to a more active performative partner. Reflecting on observations from successive iterations of the instrument, the paper shows how changes in system design affect performer-system interaction and the shaping of musical form. The MAD Clarinet highlights how algorithmic systems can participate in performance by influencing musical unfolding in real-time, contributing to a distributed but performer-driven creative process. |
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