Back to the Future and Forward to the Past: Zukunftsmusik and the aesthetics of immersive classical music experience

Abstract

We showcase relevant aesthetic considerations of an interaction design for immersive experience informed by Zukunftsmusik. The ‘Zukunftsmusiker’ movement emerged at the verge of the 20th century and intends to encompass a holistic experience incorporating the active participation of all senses with its corresponding action. Amongst other features, we highlight aspects related to diegesis, agency, and attention centring of the visual and auditory field by examining two renditions of The Ravens, a 3D 360-degrees guided experience as well as a 6-degrees-of-freedom multi-view experience of the eponymous piano composition by the first author. With their design rationale of participatory experience, these renditions aim to set off a renewed technological consideration of the Zukunftsmusik paradigm. Ultimately, this paradigm may reach out towards an audience demographic that was previously mostly unknown in contemporary music: The user.

Contributors

Maria Kallionpää

Hans-Peter Gasselseder

Conference

Publication date: July 2020

Publication date (Print): July 2020

Pages: 112-119

Affiliations

Hong Kong Baptist University

Department of Music

Hong Kong

Aalborg University

Dept. of Communication & Psychology

Aalborg, Denmark

Article

DOI: 10.14236/ewic/EVA2020.20

Copyright statement: © Kallionpää et al. Published by BCS Learning & Development Ltd. Proceedings of EVA London 2020

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Conference name: Proceedings of EVA London 2020

Conference acronym: EVA 2020

Conference number: 30

Conference location: London

Conference date: 6th July – 9th July 2020

Conference sponsor: Electronic Workshops in Computing (eWiC)

Conference theme: AI and the Arts: Artificial Imagination

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Series title: Electronic Workshops in Computing