Appmusic

Smart­phones and tablets can beco­me ver­sa­ti­le musi­cal instru­ments. They open up acces­si­ble yet nuan­ced ways into making music with digi­tal media, lin­king ever­y­day devices with artis­tic practice.

At the cent­re are con­cepts in which mobi­le tech­no­lo­gies can be expe­ri­en­ced as instru­ments, pro­duc­tion envi­ron­ments, and per­for­ma­ti­ve tools. This can invol­ve both first approa­ches to making music digi­tal­ly and more expe­ri­men­tal forms of com­po­sing, impro­vi­sing, pro­du­cing, and sound design.

Depen­ding on the con­text and for­mat, dif­fe­rent empha­ses can be set — for exam­p­le on mobi­le com­po­sing and pro­du­cing, on per­for­ma­ti­ve set­tings with smart­phones and tablets, or on the use of app-based music in schools and cul­tu­ral edu­ca­ti­on. Intro­duc­to­ry for­mats for tea­chers, music edu­ca­tors, and pedago­gi­cal pro­fes­sio­nals have also long been part of our practice.