Abstract

This exegesis comes as result of performing, composing and researching in a multimedia environment over the past few years. I started working on my projects with the following question in my mind: how can I improve my own practice? Asking this led to identification of the problems related to making a live media performance, as well as prompting discussions about the types of knowledge necessary for producing a work of art that includes more than one medium.

Rather than attempting to draw definitive conclusions regarding topics as broad as live media performance, I summarize and reflect upon the creation process as I experienced it, elucidating my personal contemplations regarding my experience and practice in multimedia environment. The purpose here is to document, contextualize, and clarify the creation of my works and to support the choices that I have made as a composer, performer, designer and researcher within the period of 2006 – 2008.

Based on reflection from three projects, chosen from the many projects I did and from the knowledge that I gained through researching 20th century live media performance, I came to the conclusion that encouraging students to collaborate, experiment and improvise can offer rich educational experiences and valuable artistic outcomes.

Additional Notes

Thesis jointly completed at the Hogeschool voor de Kunsten Utrecht, Faculteit Kunst, Media en Technologie, Hilversum, The Netherlands and the University of Portsmouth

Supervisors HKU: Gerard van Wolferen, Jannie Pranger

Supervisors UoP: Tony Kalus

Course: Master of Philosophy - MPhil

Date Deposited: 2017-05-12

URI/permalink: https://library.port.ac.uk/dissert/dis12884.html