Live Stage: NIME @ Exit Art [NYC]

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NIME @ Exit Art - in collaboration with R. Luke DuBois' 'Algorithmic Composition'class, NYU's Interactive Telecommunications Program (ITP) :: December 13, 2007; 7 - 11 pm :: EXIT ART, 475 Tenth Avenue (at 36th Street), New York, NY.

NIME: New Interfaces for Musical Expression - NIME: a graduate course at ITP :: In the sixth annual NIME, students will perform on a series of newly designed electronic instruments that aim to keep the "live" in the live performance of digital music. Presented by ITP instructors Jamie Allen and Gideon D'Arcangelo.

Computer music is usually played with a keyboard and mouse. Laptop musicians often sit at a desk and give performances that are little more than watching someone engage in 'office gestures.'