Instruments and Sounds as Objects of Improvisation in Collective Computer Music Practice

International audienceThis paper presents the authors' first attempt at a new (and unexpected) exercise: that of observing, contextualising and problema-tising their own collective Computer Music experiences. After two years practising emergent collective improvisation in private and public settings , which has led the authors to fundamentally reconsider both individual and collective musical creation, came the desire to methodologi-cally deconstruct this process-one that they never anticipated and, until now, had never formalised. By starting from the very notions or performance and improvisation in the context of Computer Music, and crossing prolific literature on these topics with humble observations from their own experience, the authors then elaborate on what appears to them as the most enticing perspective of this creative context: the systematic improvisation of both their tools and sounds in an unique flow

Steps to an Ecology of Networked Knowledge and Innovation: Enabling new forms of collaboration among sciences, engineering, arts, and design

SEAD network White Papers ReportThe final White Papers (posted at http://seadnetwork.wordpress.com/white-paper- abstracts/final-white-papers/) represent a spectrum of interests in advocating for transdisciplinarity among arts, sciences, and technologies. All authors submitted plans of action and identified stakeholders they perceived as instrumental in carrying out such plans. The individual efforts led to an international scope. One of the important characteristics of this collection is that the papers do not represent a collective aim toward an explicit initiative. Rather, they offer a broad array of views on barriers faced and prospective solutions. In summary, the collected White Papers and associated Meta- analyses began as an effort to take the pulse of the SEAD community as broadly as possible. The ideas they generated provide a fruitful basis for gauging trends and challenges in facilitating the growth of the network and implementing future SEAD initiatives.National Science Foundation Grant No.1142510. Additional funding was provided by the ATEC program at the University of Texas at Dallas and the Institute for Applied Creativity at Texas A&M University