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Copyright

Iannis Zannos; Takumi Ikeda;

Published On

2024-10-09

Page Range

pp. 581–590

Language

  • English

Print Length

10 pages

35. Phoenix-Albatross

An Approach to Iannis Xenakis’s Work on Game Theory through Live Coding and Networked Dance

  • Iannis Zannos (author)
  • Takumi Ikeda (author)
Chapter of: Meta-Xenakis: New Perspectives on Iannis Xenakis’s Life, Work, and Legacies(pp. 581–590)
In this chapter, we present an attempt to reinterpret aspects of Xenakis's work in the context of 21st century performance practice using live-coding and embodied performance or dance with sensors. We explain how we created and a variant of the game-matrix from Xenakis’s composition Duel (1959), and how we used it to guide a live-coding performance following game-playing rules derived from Duel. We discuss the implications of adapting this formal scheme to a performance setting where a dancer controls the sounds live-coded by two players through movements tracked using wearable wireless sensors. Finally, we report on the resulting performance and discuss in general terms how the live-coding and gesture-control combined approach compares to the original composition setting for orchestra by Xenakis according to our experience.

Contributors

Iannis Zannos

(author)
Lecturer at Ionian University

Iannis Zannos has a background in music composition, ethnomusicology, and interactive performance. He has worked as Director of the Music Technology and Documentation section at the State Institute for Music Research (SIM) in Berlin, Germany, and Research Director at the Center for Research for Electronic Art Technology (CREATE) at the University of California, Santa Barbara (UCSB). He teaches audio and interactive media arts at the Department of Audio and Visual Arts of the Ionian University, Corfu, Greece. Since 2018 he focuses on telematic dance performance with a series of works between Greece, Japan, and other countries.

Takumi Ikeda

(author)

Takumi Ikeda is a self-taught computer musician and composer. He appears in live performances and composes contemporary music with his programs. Many performers have featured his works. Recently he has been working on baritone and computer, trombone with nine-axis sensor, piano and soundtrack, choral pieces, pieces with video scores, and scores for improvisers. In 2016, Ikeda created the soundtrack for Kei Shichiri's film Music as Film, followed by a screening with live music with performers. His CDs were released in 2020 (de dicto 00) and 2022 (ftarricl-663).