“Live 4 Life: A dream for a free and open spatial performance tool towards symbiosis or death?” presented by Lengelé and Gauthier
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- Interactive – Networked – Human Computer Interaction (full papers)
Presentation Title:
- Live 4 Life: A dream for a free and open spatial performance tool towards symbiosis or death?
Presentation Subtheme:
- Symbiotic Individuations
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Abstract:
The paper presents the motivations, evolution, and directions behind the spatial sound performance tool named Live 4 Life. It aims to simplify the creation and control in real time of masses of spatialized sound objects on various kinds of loudspeaker configurations (stereo and particularly quadriphonic or octophonic setups, as well as domes of 16, 24 or 32 loudspeakers). This spatial research, which questions ways of associating rhythmic and spatial parameters, is based on the concept of free and open works, both from the point of view of form (improvisation) and in the diffusion of the code. The tool, which was initiated in 2011 and distributed in open source in 2022, has been conceived as a long-term dream against capitalism and loneliness. Several scenarios between (technical, social) death or symbiosis of this tool (with other programs, works and the visual representation field) are presented.
