performance takes place in both Hankinson Rehearsal Hall and the Chip Davis Technology Studio

Matt Albert
Michael Gurevich
John Granzow

The physical gestures that chamber ensembles and other musicians enact in order to seamlessly perform ‘as one’ include cues such as a fleeting glance, a subtle nod of the head, or the rise of the torso. These physical gestures are the root of how musicians share vital information to one another – empowering them to share ideas and stay open to improvisational interpretations. With the pandemic now requiring musicians to perform remotely, the limitations of video – which is currently the main aspect of telematic performance – to communicate these subtle physical gestures has become clear. Researchers for “Visualizing Telematic Performance” have spent the past year and a half conducting a series of experiments to explore other ways that these visual cues can be shared and a recent demonstration of their research thus far was recorded to show the experimental ideas that they hope will shift the scope of what telematic performance can encompass.