Assembling Music

Abstract

In this paper, I report on my three projects - sound installation, new musical instruments and new platform of computer music - the common key concept is "assembling music". Musical performance is a kind of expansion of human-body activity. I have been developing many kinds of musical instruments as a part of my composition, and I focused essentially on human "assembling" action in music performance in these projects. Of course, musical composition is an assembling process of musical parts. However, I want to expand the concept of "assembly" - not only for composition but also for performance. I hope this report expands the possibilities in interaction design for media art, and hope to discuss the technological detail and artistic approach.