Date:
14-17 September, 2011
Objective:
Observe the communicational behaviors of players when engaged in creating a collaborative sound piece.
Description:
– Four players sit around a midi device with buttons that trigger different sounds.
– Each player will be in charge of operating one quart of the interface ( a 4×4 matrix ) .
– The goal is to collectively create a rhythm where each participant plays only one sound, basically is dividing the role of a drummer within four participants.
Contraints:
Participants can play one sound at a time and they can only do it after the previous player’s turn
Questions:
- How do players build a strategy to tackle a common goal?
- What stages in the developing communication can be identified?
- What kind of communications can be observed (i.e. physical, verbal, through the interface)?
- How is the learning process when operating the interface?