Juan Carlos Vasquez

Conference Chi Play 2022 Extended Abstracts of the 2022 Annual Symposium on Computer Human Interaction in Play · November 2, 2022 "Ecstasy / Light / Inertia"is an interactive narrative-driven application that proposes a novel method to experience new music in a gamified setting. It is comprised of a 3d environment that allows navigation and interaction aiming to present a narrative-d ... Full text Cite

Collaborative Electroacoustic Music Composition on the Blockchain

Conference International Computer Music Conference Icmc Proceedings · January 1, 2022 In the last decade, blockchain has been established as a transformative technology that is beginning to impact key sectors such as finance, health, energy, administration, and agriculture, among many others. In relation to arts, much of the current researc ... Cite

Current Activism Trends in Sound Art and Electroacoustic Music in Mexico and Colombia

Conference Icmc 2021 Proceedings of the International Computer Music Conference 2021 · January 1, 2021 This study attempts to provide a current report of activism in forms of artistic expression in Latin America within the fields of electroacoustic music and sound art. Given the non-existent dedicated literature documenting related examples in this specific ... Cite

Autoethnography and Emotional Exposure as an Approach for Electroacoustic Music Composition

Conference Icmc 2021 Proceedings of the International Computer Music Conference 2021 · January 1, 2021 In a contemporary context, works that are highly specific to the artist’s life are commonplace in fields such as performance art. However, this approach is only tangentially employed when it comes to artistic applications of music technology. This paper ex ... Cite

Considerations on sound art documentation: Theories and case studies

Conference Proceedings of the 2019 International Computer Music Conference Icmc Nycemf 2019 International Computer Music Conference New York City Electroacoustic Music Festival · September 1, 2019 Video documentation of sound art pieces has been largely used as a way to promote/preserve a work of art displayed in a specific moment and place. In most cases it attempts to show different aspects of the piece, such as the audience engaging with a partic ... Cite

Monitoring and supporting engagement in skilled tasks: From creative musical activity to psychological wellbeing

Conference Proceedings of the 14th Sound and Music Computing Conference 2017 Smc 2017 · January 1, 2019 While good physical health receives more attention, psychological wellbeing is an essential component of a happy existence. An everyday source of psychological wellbeing is the voluntary practice of skilled activities one is good at. Taking musical creatio ... Cite

Cultural heritage 'in-The-wild': Considering digital access to cultural heritage in everyday life

Conference Ceur Workshop Proceedings · January 1, 2018 As digital cultural heritage applications begin to be deployed out with 'traditional' heritage sites (such as museums, open-Air museums or galleries), there is an increased need to consider their use amongst individuals who are open to learning about the h ... Cite

Facilitating the Musician's Engagement with New Musical Interfaces: Counteractions in Music Performance

Conference Computer Music Journal · June 1, 2017 The level of engagement of a musician performing on an instrument is related to the degree of satisfaction derived from that activity. With our work, we aim to assist musicians performing live on a new musical instrument, Network of Interactive Sonic Agent ... Full text Cite

Exploring seasonality in mobile cultural heritage

Conference Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems Proceedings · May 2, 2017 We present results of an investigation into the role of season-ality in mobile cultural heritage applications. 45 participants in 26 groups used one of two applications when visiting the Finnish recreational island of Seurasaari. Each provided summer and w ... Full text Cite

Idiomatic composition practices for new musical instruments: Context, background and current applications

Conference Proceedings of the International Conference on New Interfaces for Musical Expression · January 1, 2017 One of the reasons of why some musical instruments more successfully continue their evolution and actively take part in the history of music is partially attributed to the existing compositions made specifically for them, pieces that remain and are still p ... Cite

Non-intrusive counter-actions: Maintaining progressively engaging interactions for music performance

Conference Proceedings of the International Conference on New Interfaces for Musical Expression · January 1, 2016 In this paper we present the new development of a semiautonomous response module for the NOISA system. NOISA is an interactive music system that predicts performer’s engagement levels, learns from the performer, decides what to do and does it at the right ... Cite

Motivic through-composition applied to a network of intelligent agents

Conference Icmc 2016 42nd International Computer Music Conference Proceedings · January 1, 2016 This paper presents the creation of two music pieces using motivic through-composition techniques applied to a previously presented NIME: a Network of Intelligent Sound Agents. The compositions take advantage of the characteristics of the system, which is ... Cite

Recursive Radiance: Multimedia Interpretations of Traditional Chinese Aesthetics

Conference https://icmc2026.ligeti-zentrum.de/proceedings/ This paper presents Recursive Radiance, a multidisciplinary artwork integrating traditional Chinese practices with contemporary technologies through parallel sonic and visual implementations. The project pairs a four-channel acousmatic composition with a ... Open Access Cite