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Op 1254: Music for Neutrons, Networks and Solenoids using a Restored Organ in a Nuclear Reactor

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In this paper, an installation is presented that connects Stanford and Stockholm through a one-of-a- kind combination of instrument and venue: the Skandia Wurlitzer theatre organ (Wurlitzer serial no. 1254) situated in the KTH R1 Experimental Performance Space, a disused nuclear reactor. A continuous stream of musical data, audio, and video between the two places explored the capabilities of the digital to play with the concepts of presence and embodiment, virtuality and the physical.
In the installation, a series of performances presented new pieces written especially for this setting. The pieces were performed by musicians in Stanford, mediated in real-time, allowing them to play together with the theatre organ in Stockholm, temporarily fusing the two venues to create one ensemble, one audience, in one space.

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    TEI '18: Proceedings of the Twelfth International Conference on Tangible, Embedded, and Embodied Interaction
    March 2018
    763 pages
    ISBN:9781450355681
    DOI:10.1145/3173225
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    1. algorithmic composition
    2. mediated musicianship
    3. musical instrument
    4. musification
    5. presence
    6. theatre organ

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