A portfolio of fixed electroacoustic and live laptop works

This PhD thesis includes a portfolio of electroacoustic and live electroacoustic compositions carried out at the electroacoustic music studios at the University of Birmingham. The portfolio consists of fixed multichannel and stereo works as well as a piece for solo live laptop performance written using max/msp and the supercollider programming language. I will also discuss my work with laptop performance and its influence on my compositional output during this Ph.D

Autopia: An AI collaborator for live networked computer music performance

This paper describes an AI system, Autopia, designed to participate in collaborative live coding music performances using the Utopia software tool for SuperCollider. This form of human-AI collaboration allows us to explore the implications of mixed-initiative computational creativity from the perspective of live coding. As well as collaboration with human performers, one of our motivations with Autopia is to explore audience collaboration through a gamified mode of interaction, namely voting through a web-based interface accessed by the audience on their smartphones. The results of this are often emergent, chaotic, and surprising to performers and audience alike

Free as in BEER: Some Explorations into Structured Improvisation Using Networked Live-Coding Systems

Much improvised music that has developed since the advent of free jazz has been concerned with the imposition of structure, often through systems of directed improvisation, or through the use of rule-based approaches (e.g., game pieces). In this article, we explore the possibility of a networked live-coding system as a structural intervention mechanism par excellence, through the discussion of two pieces from the repertoire of the Birmingham Ensemble for Electroacoustic Researc

Autopia: An AI Collaborator for Live Coding Music Performances

Live coding is “the activity of writing (parts of) a program while it runs” (Ward et al., 2004). One significant application of live coding is in algorithmic music, where the performer modifies the code generating the music in a live context. Utopia is a software tool for collaborative live coding performances, allowing several performers (each with their own laptop producing its own sound) to communicate and share code during a performance. We have made an AI bot, Autopia, which can participate in such performances, communicating with human performers through Utopia. This form of human-AI collaboration allows us to explore the implications of computational creativity from the perspective of live coding

Autopia: An AI Collaborator for Live Coding Music Performances

Live coding is “the activity of writing (parts of) a program while it runs” (Ward et al., 2004). One significant application of live coding is in algorithmic music, where the performer modifies the code generating the music in a live context. Utopia is a software tool for collaborative live coding performances, allowing several performers (each with their own laptop producing its own sound) to communicate and share code during a performance. We have made an AI bot, Autopia, which can participate in such performances, communicating with human performers through Utopia. This form of human-AI collaboration allows us to explore the implications of computational creativity from the perspective of live coding

Women in health and their economic, equity and livelihood statuses during emergency preparedness and response (WHEELER) protocol: a mixed methods study in Kenya.

Introduction: Kenya reported its first COVID-19 case on 13 March 2020. Pandemic-driven health system changes followed and unforeseen societal, economic and health effects reported. This protocol aims to describe the methods used to identify the gender equality and health equity gaps and possible disproportional health and socioeconomic impacts experienced by paid and unpaid (community health volunteer) female healthcare providers in Kilifi and Mombasa Counties, Kenya during the COVID-19 pandemic. Methods and analysis: Participatory mixed methods framed by gender analysis and human-centred design will be used. Research implementation will follow four of the five phases of the human-centred design approach. Community research advisory groups and local advisory boards will be established to ensure integration and the sustainability of participatory research design. Ethics and dissemination: Ethical approval was obtained from the Institutional Scientific and Ethics Review Committee at the Aga Khan University and the University of Manitoba. This study will generate evidence on root cultural, structural, socioeconomic and political factors that perpetuate gender inequities and female disadvantage in the paid and unpaid health sectors. It will also identify evidence-based policy options for future safeguarding of the unpaid and paid female health workforce during emergency preparedness, response and recovery periods

drone bølge

An album of electronic music based on field recordings from costal cities from Canada and Europe (Vancouver, Copenhagen, Reykjavik, Mälmo, Halifax, Brighton). Processed using SuperCollider

Adventures in promoting equality and accessibility in computer music through live coding

A report on recent experiences promoting equality and accessibility in computer music through live coding in UK, Europe and Canada

Future World

Future World' is an album of atmospheres created through live coding, field recording and improvisations from Vancouver, Canada and Birmingham, UK

Across Voids: An Interactive Experience on Grief

Across Voids is an immersive experience which explores how AI and Immersive technologies can help support the grieving process. It is the result of a funded fellowship through the Southwest Creative Technologies Network Research England funded project. Included is a video of a performance of the work from BEAST FEAsT 2019 (University of Birmingham) and an accompanying text