Both James Colley and Jocelyn Spence will give short talks to the lab.
James Colley will give an overview of the projects he is currently working on in the lab.
This talk will present The Rough Mile, a demonstrator for the FAST project. We have designed a two-part, location-based audio system through which pairs of friends can create experiential musical gifts for each other. The first part is immersive and intermedial audio walk drawing on music, narration, imagery, movement, and engagement with the particularities of the location in central Nottingham. The second part has participants retrace their original route, this time listening to the songs chosen for them by their friend, contextualised by snippets of audio from their friend's verbal contributions. The musical gift is motivated by and imbued with the personal meanings and memories of both the giver and the receiver. We believe that this fluid engagement with digital media, technology, identity, and place will provide insights into the relationships between commercial music, the deeply personal significance that such music holds for individuals, location, movement, and performance.
University of Nottingham School of Computer Science Nottingham, NG8 1BB
email: mrl@cs.nott.ac.uk