State of the art on audience research within NIME: a systematic literature review

Davide Baldo; raul masu

Image credit: Davide Baldo; raul masu

• oral
• Paper PDF link
• Presence: in person
• Duration: 16
• Type: long
• Session: Wearables/Textiles and Audiences

Abstract:

This paper presents a systematic review of NIME research addressing the role of the audience in musical performance. By analysing 99 papers from the NIME proceedings, we examine how audiences are engaged, studied, and conceptualized across participatory and non-participatory contexts. Our analysis highlights transparency and learning curve as two recurring dimensions shaping audience engagement in technologically mediated performances. The paper aims to provide a structured overview of current approaches and to support more methodologically grounded future research on audience experience.