Clasp Together: Composing for Mind and Machine

Clasp Together: Composing for Mind and Machine

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This paper will explore questions of agency, control and interaction and the embodied nature of musical performance in relation to the use of In-Ear human-computer interaction (HCI), through the experimental work Clasp Together (beta) 2 for small ensemble and live electronics by J.Harry Whalley.This practice-led research is situated at the intersection of music neurotechnology for sound Canvas Jackets synthesis and brain-computer interfaces (BCI), and explores the use of neural patterns from Electroencephalography (EEG) as a control instrument.The composition departed from the traditional composer/performer paradigm by including both non-instrumental physical gestures and cognitive or emotive instructions integrated into the score.