Sensing Place and Presence in an INTIMAL Long-Distance Improvisation

Authors

Ximena Alarcon Diaz, University of OsloFollow
Paul Boddie, University of OsloFollow
Cagri Erdem, University of OsloFollow
Eigil Aandahl, University of Oslo and Norwegian University of Science and TechnologyFollow
Elias Sukken Andersen, University of Oslo and Norwegian University of Science and TechnologyFollow
Eirik Dahl, University of Oslo and Norwegian University of Science and TechnologyFollow
Mari Lesteberg, University of Oslo and Norwegian University of Science and TechnologyFollow
Alexander Refsum Jensenius, University of OsloFollow

Abstract

INTIMAL is an interactive system for relational listening, which integrates physical-virtual interfaces for people to sonically improvise between distant locations. The aim is to embrace two key aspects in the context of human migration: the sense of place and the sense of presence. This paper reflects on the use of INTIMAL in a long-distance improvisation between the cities of Oslo, Barcelona and London in May 2019. This improvisation was performed by nine Colombian migrant women, who had been involved in a research process using the Deep Listening® practice developed by Pauline Oliveros. Here we describe the performance setting and the implementation of the first two interfaces of the system: MEMENTO, an “embodied” navigator of an oral archive of Colombian women’s testimonies of conflict and migration; and RESPIRO, a sonification system that transmits and sonifies live, breathing signals between distant locations. We reflect on how the two interfaces facilitated and challenged the improvisers’ listening experiences and connections.

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Alarcon Diaz, Ximena, Paul Boddie, Cagri Erdem, Eigil Aandahl, Elias Sukken Andersen, Eirik Dahl, Mari Lesteberg, and Alexander Refsum Jensenius. "Sensing Place and Presence in an INTIMAL Long-Distance Improvisation." Journal of Network Music and Arts 1, 1 (2019). https://commons.library.stonybrook.edu/jonma/vol1/iss1/3