Pop Music

Walker Smith, CCRMA, Stanford University Nicholas Shaheed, CCRMA, Stanford University Michael Mulshine, CCRMA, Stanford University

Image credit: Walker Smith, CCRMA, Stanford University Nicholas Shaheed, CCRMA, Stanford University Michael Mulshine, CCRMA, Stanford University

• Installation
• Paper PDF link
• Room Location: 4th floor
• Session: Full Conference Installations

Abstract:

“This paper presents “Pop Music,” a semi-edible gastroacoustic installation that would be presented at alt.NIME in a hybrid installa tion/paper presentation. This paper documents the creation of the installation, considers popcorn and corn-related art and music, the uses of corn in NIMEs, and the potential scarceness of that space being addressed by this installation and paper. The mechanics of the installation are presented, along with a discussion of theoretical background and commentary. Users were fed, and user feedback was evaluated. The paper concludes by connecting this seemingly ““trivial”” installation to the interrelation of play and research, conversations on NIME self-seriousness and aesthetic conformity, the value of interactive installations, the interactivity of valuable installations, questions of edibility and ethical implications in installations, universality of moral codes, government structures and syntactical relations, astronomical quasar deduction, and the profound unseriousness of this work.”