Hypergestures in complex time: Creative performance between symbolic and physical reality

Maria Mannone; Guerino Mazzola

doi:10.1007/978-3-319-20603-5_14

Hypergestures in complex time: Creative performance between symbolic and physical reality

Maria Mannone, Guerino Mazzola

Music (Twin Cities)

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Abstract

Musical performance and composition imply hypergestural transformation from symbolic to physical reality and vice versa. But most scores require movements at infinite physical speed that can only be performed approximately by trained musicians. To formally solve this divide between symbolic notation and physical realization, we introduce complex time (C-time) in music. In this way, infinite physical speed is “absorbed” by a finite imaginary speed. Gestures thus comprise thought (in imaginary time) and physical realization (in real time) as a world-sheet motion in space-time, corresponding to ideas from physical string theory. Transformation from imaginary to real time gives us a measure of artistic effort to pass from potentiality of thought to physical realization of artwork. Introducing C-time we define a musical kinematics, calculate Euler-Lagrange equations, and, for the case of the elementary gesture of a pianist’s finger, solve corresponding Poisson equations that describe world-sheets which connect symbolic and physical reality.

Original language	English (US)
Title of host publication	Mathematics and Computation in Music - 5th International Conference, MCM 2015, Proceedings
Editors	Tom Collins, David Meredith, Anja Volk
Publisher	Springer Verlag
Pages	137-148
Number of pages	12
ISBN (Print)	9783319206028
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-20603-5_14
State	Published - 2015
Event	5th International Conference on Mathematics and Computation in Music, MCM 2015 - London, United Kingdom Duration: Jun 22 2015 → Jun 25 2015

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Name	Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics)
Volume	9110
ISSN (Print)	0302-9743
ISSN (Electronic)	1611-3349

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Other	5th International Conference on Mathematics and Computation in Music, MCM 2015
Country/Territory	United Kingdom
City	London
Period	6/22/15 → 6/25/15

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Complex time
Euler-lagrange equation
Hypergestures
Performance theory
String theory
World-sheets of space-time

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Mannone, M., & Mazzola, G. (2015). Hypergestures in complex time: Creative performance between symbolic and physical reality. In T. Collins, D. Meredith, & A. Volk (Eds.), Mathematics and Computation in Music - 5th International Conference, MCM 2015, Proceedings (pp. 137-148). (Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics); Vol. 9110). Springer Verlag. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-20603-5_14

Hypergestures in complex time: Creative performance between symbolic and physical reality. / Mannone, Maria; Mazzola, Guerino.
Mathematics and Computation in Music - 5th International Conference, MCM 2015, Proceedings. ed. / Tom Collins; David Meredith; Anja Volk. Springer Verlag, 2015. p. 137-148 (Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics); Vol. 9110).

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Mannone, M & Mazzola, G 2015, Hypergestures in complex time: Creative performance between symbolic and physical reality. in T Collins, D Meredith & A Volk (eds), Mathematics and Computation in Music - 5th International Conference, MCM 2015, Proceedings. Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics), vol. 9110, Springer Verlag, pp. 137-148, 5th International Conference on Mathematics and Computation in Music, MCM 2015, London, United Kingdom, 6/22/15. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-20603-5_14

Mannone M, Mazzola G. Hypergestures in complex time: Creative performance between symbolic and physical reality. In Collins T, Meredith D, Volk A, editors, Mathematics and Computation in Music - 5th International Conference, MCM 2015, Proceedings. Springer Verlag. 2015. p. 137-148. (Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics)). doi: 10.1007/978-3-319-20603-5_14

Mannone, Maria ; Mazzola, Guerino. / Hypergestures in complex time : Creative performance between symbolic and physical reality. Mathematics and Computation in Music - 5th International Conference, MCM 2015, Proceedings. editor / Tom Collins ; David Meredith ; Anja Volk. Springer Verlag, 2015. pp. 137-148 (Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics)).

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