Music and Technology is the research group that focuses on integrating and applying computer technology in music. As such, it is not inherently constrained to either performance or creation. The profiles of its researchers are often hybrid in nature, combining knowledge in multiple artistic domains. However, the proposed projects are defined by one common denominator: technology. Although technology is an indispensable ingredient, our researchers have no intention to elevate it to an art form. On the contrary, they aim at adopting and integrating cutting-edge technological insights to generate a new artistic dimension.
This dimension is a vast place in which collisions of ideas give birth to new concepts, spanning from microtonal jazz to hybridised co-creation, from interactive installation art to generative mixed media performance. However, these collisions do not only create musical objectives. This research group is also characterised by its vast network of tentacles, connecting and interacting with virtually any art form. Subsequently, it embraces a universe without limitations, in which imagination serves as a guide towards the evolution of music in the 21st century.
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Coordinator: Benjamin Van Esser
