Cagri Erdem

Jensenius, Alexander Refsum & Erdem, Cagri (2022). Gestures in ensemble performance. In Timmers, Renee; Bailes, Freya & Daffern, Helena (Ed.), Together in Music: Coordination, expression, participation. Oxford University Press. ISSN 9780198860761.

Erdem, Cagri; Lan, Qichao & Jensenius, Alexander Refsum (2020). Exploring relationships between effort, motion, and sound in new musical instruments. In Marc R. Thompson & Jonna K. Vuoskoski (Eds.). Special issue on Mind, Music and Technology. Human Technology.  ISSN 1795-6889.  16(3), s 310–347. 

Erdem, Cagri & Jensenius, Alexander Refsum (2020). RAW: Exploring Control Structures for Muscle-based Interaction in Collective Improvisation, In Romain Michon & Franziska Schroeder (ed.),  Proceedings of the International Conference on New Interfaces for Musical Expression.  Birmingham City University. 

Erdem, Cagri; Lan, Qichao; Fuhrer, Julian; Martin, Charles Patrick; Tørresen, Jim & Jensenius, Alexander Refsum (2020). Towards Playing in the 'Air': Modeling Motion-Sound Energy Relationships in Electric Guitar Performance Using Deep Neural Networks, In Simone Spagnol & Andrea Valle (ed.),  Proceedings of the 17th Sound and Music Computing Conference (Best Paper Award)

Alarcón Diaz, Ximena; Gonzalez Sanchez, Victor Evaristo & Erdem, Cagri (2019). INTIMAL: Walking to feel place, breathing to feel presence. Proceedings of the International Conference on New Interfaces for Musical Expression, in Marcelo Queiroz & Anna Xambo Sedo (Eds.),  Proceedings of the International Conference on New Interfaces for Musical Expression.  Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul. (Pamela Z Award)

Erdem, Cagri; Schia, Katja Henriksen & Jensenius, Alexander Refsum (2019). Vrengt: A Shared Body–Machine Instrument for Music–Dance Performance, In Marcelo Queiroz & Anna Xambo Sedo (ed.),  Proceedings of the International Conference on New Interfaces for Musical Expression.  Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul. 

Erdem, Cagri; Camci, Anil & Forbes, Angus (2017). Biostomp: A Biocontrol System for Embodied Performance Using Mechanomyography, in Proceedings of the International Conference on New Interfaces for Musical Expression. Aalborg University. 

• Jensenius, Alexander Refsum & Erdem, Cagri (2022). Gestures in ensemble performance. In Timmers, Renee; Bailes, Freya & Daffern, Helena (Ed.), Together in Music: Coordination, expression, participation. Oxford University Press. ISSN 9780198860761. Full text in Research Archive Show summary

  Recent years have seen a rise in interest, from a diversity of fields, in the musical ensemble as an exemplary form of creative group behavior. Musical ensembles can be understood and investigated as high functioning small group organizations that have coordinative structures in place to perform under pressure within strict temporal boundaries. Rehearsals and performances exemplify fruitful contexts for emergent creative behaviour, where novel musical interpretations are negotiated and discovered through improvisatory interaction. Furthermore, group music-making can be an emotionally and socially rewarding experience that enables positive outcomes for wellbeing and development. This book brings together these different perspectives into one coherent volume, offering insight into the musical ensemble from different analytical levels. Part 1 starts from the meso-level, considering ensembles as creative teams and investigating how musical groups interact at a social and organizational level. Part 2 then zooms in to consider musical coordination and interaction at a micro-level, when considering group music-making as forms of joint action. Finally, a macro-level perspective is taken in Part 3, examining the health and wellbeing affordances associated with acoustical, expressive, and emotional joint behavior. Each part contains a balance of review chapters showcasing the most recent developments in each area of research, followed by demonstrative case studies featuring various ensemble practices and processes. A rich and multidisciplinary reflection on ensemble music practice, this volume will be an insightful read for music students, teachers, academics, and professionals with an interest in the dynamics of group behavior within a musical context.

• Erdem, Cagri; Jensenius, Alexander Refsum; Glette, Kyrre; Krzyzaniak, Michael Joseph & Veenstra, Frank (2020). Air-Guitar Control of Interactive Rhythmic Robots. Proceedings of the International Conference on Live Interfaces (Proceedings of ICLI). ISSN 2663-9041. p. 208–210.
• Erdem, Cagri; Lan, Qichao & Jensenius, Alexander Refsum (2020). Exploring relationships between effort, motion, and sound in new musical instruments. Human Technology. ISSN 1795-6889. 16(3), p. 310–347. doi: 10.17011/ht/urn.202011256767. Full text in Research Archive Show summary

  We investigated how the action–sound relationships found in electric guitar performance can be used in the design of new instruments. Thirty-one trained guitarists performed a set of basic sound-producing actions (impulsive, sustained, and iterative) and free improvisations on an electric guitar. We performed a statistical analysis of the muscle activation data (EMG) and audio recordings from the experiment. Then we trained a long short-term memory network with nine different configurations to map EMG signal to sound. We found that the preliminary models were able to predict audio energy features of free improvisations on the guitar, based on the dataset of raw EMG from the basic sound-producing actions. The results provide evidence of similarities between body motion and sound in music performance, compatible with embodied music cognition theories. They also show the potential of using machine learning on recorded performance data in the design of new musical instruments.

• Erdem, Cagri & Jensenius, Alexander Refsum (2020). RAW: Exploring Control Structures for Muscle-based Interaction in Collective Improvisation. In Michon, Romain & Schroeder, Franziska (Ed.), Proceedings of the International Conference on New Interfaces for Musical Expression. Birmingham City University. ISSN 978-1-949373-99-8. p. 477–482. Full text in Research Archive
• Erdem, Cagri; Lan, Qichao; Fuhrer, Julian; Martin, Charles Patrick; Tørresen, Jim & Jensenius, Alexander Refsum (2020). Towards Playing in the 'Air': Modeling Motion-Sound Energy Relationships in Electric Guitar Performance Using Deep Neural Networks. In Spagnol, Simone & Valle, Andrea (Ed.), Proceedings of the 17th Sound and Music Computing Conference. Axea sas/SMC Network. ISSN 978-88-945415-0-2. p. 177–184. Full text in Research Archive
• Alarcón Diaz, Ximena; Gonzalez Sanchez, Victor Evaristo & Erdem, Cagri (2019). INTIMAL: Walking to feel place, breathing to feel presence. Proceedings of the International Conference on New Interfaces for Musical Expression. ISSN 2220-4792. Full text in Research Archive
• Erdem, Cagri; Schia, Katja Henriksen & Jensenius, Alexander Refsum (2019). Vrengt: A Shared Body–Machine Instrument for Music–Dance Performance. In Visi, Federico (Eds.), Music Proceedings of the International Conference on New Interfaces for Musical Expression. Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul. ISSN 2220-4792. Full text in Research Archive
• Erdem, Cagri; Schia, Katja Henriksen & Jensenius, Alexander Refsum (2019). Vrengt: A Shared Body–Machine Instrument for Music–Dance Performance. In Queiroz, Marcelo & Xambo Sedo, Anna (Ed.), Proceedings of the International Conference on New Interfaces for Musical Expression. Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul. ISSN 2220-4792. p. 477–482. Full text in Research Archive

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• Krzyzaniak, Michael Joseph; Gerry, Jennifer; Kwak, Dongho; Erdem, Cagri; Lan, Qichao & Glette, Kyrre (2021). Fibres Out of Line. Show summary

  Fibres Out of Line is an interactive art installation and performance for the 2021 Rhythm Perception and Production Workshop (RPPW). Visitors can watch the performance, and subsequently interact with the installation, all remotely via Zoom.

• Kelkar, Tejaswinee & Erdem, Cagri (2021). Two-Body Problem.
• Erdem, Cagri; Winther, Christian & Knedal Andersen, Dag Erik (2021). CAVI. Show summary

  Imagine yourself playing a musical instrument while your friend messes around with electronic audio effects devices that process your instrument’s sound. You can be annoyed or waive the control and try to jam together. Now imagine that artificial intelligence replaces your friend in the same setting. That will happen in this 6th edition of MusicLab. Two prominent musicians from Norway's improvisation scene, Christian Winther (guitar) and Dag Erik Knedal Andersen (drums) will be playing a solo improvised set, each with CAVI, a "coadaptive audiovisual instrument" developed by RITMO researcher, Çağrı Erdem. The concert will be streamed from The Science Library at the University of Oslo, followed by a virtual panel and data-jockeying. MusicLab 6 will be the closing event of The Nordic Sound and Music Computing Day.

• Swarbrick, Dana; Upham, Finn; Erdem, Cagri; Burnim, Kayla & Jensenius, Alexander Refsum (2021). The MusicLab App – Exploring the usage of mobile accelerometry to measure audience movement and respiration.
• Swarbrick, Dana; Upham, Finn; Erdem, Cagri; Burnim, Kayla & Jensenius, Alexander Refsum (2021). MusicLab Algorave – An exploratory study examining the usage of mobile accelerometry to measure movements of a virtual concert audience.
• Erdem, Cagri (2021). Noise and Smoke: Disruptive Adventures in Jazz and New Music. [Radio]. Açık Radyo 95.0.
• Erdem, Cagri (2020). RAW v2.
• Erdem, Cagri (2020). RAW.
• Erdem, Cagri (2020). RAW.
• Erdem, Cagri (2020). RAW: Exploring Control Structures for Muscle-based Interaction in Collective Improvisation.
• Erdem, Cagri (2020). Towards Playing in the 'Air': Modeling Motion-Sound Energy Relationships in Electric Guitar Performance Using Deep Neural Networks.
• Erdem, Cagri; Arikan, Gorkem; Uret, Umit; Olgun, Gokce Mine & Odabasi, Ipek (2020). A.I.D on AIR (biweekly). [Radio]. Root Radio.
• Erdem, Cagri & Arikan, Gorkem (2020). Mashed Potatoes (biweekly program). [Radio]. Root Radio.
• Swarbrick, Dana; Khoparzi, Abhinay; Bell, Renick; Erdem, Cagri & Sørbø, Solveig Isis (2020). MusicLab 5: Lockdown Rave. Show summary

  In the 5th edition of MusicLab we presented an online algorave (algorithmic rave)! Prominent algoravers Renick Bell and Khoparzi improvised live-coded music on their computers from their respective locations in Japan and India, while the audience danced to the rave music in their homes all over the world. This event was also the launch of the MusicLab App!

• Caglar, Yurdal & Erdem, Cagri (2020). Bahçe.
• Jensenius, Alexander Refsum; Erdem, Cagri; Kwak, Dongho Daniel; Rahman, Habibur; Glette, Kyrre & Krzyzaniak, Michael Joseph [Show all 7 contributors for this article] (2020). Strings On-Line. Show summary

  An interactive art installation presented during the International Conference on New Interfaces for Musical Expression (NIME) 2020.

• Krzyzaniak, Michael Joseph; Veenstra, Frank; Erdem, Cagri; Glette, Kyrre & Jensenius, Alexander Refsum (2020). Interactive Rhythmic Robots.
• Krzyzaniak, Michael Joseph; Kwak, Dongho Daniel; Veenstra, Frank; Erdem, Cagri; Wallace, Benedikte & Jensenius, Alexander Refsum (2020). Dr. Squiggles rhythmical robots.
• Erdem, Cagri (2019). RAW: A Muscle-based instrument.
• Kelkar, Tejaswinee; Erdem, Cagri & Lan, Qichao (2019). Utopia.
• Alarcón Diaz, Ximena; Boddie, Paul; Erdem, Cagri; Aandahl, Eigil; Andersen, Elias Sukken & Dahl, Eirik [Show all 8 contributors for this article] (2019). Sensing Place and Presence in an INTIMAL Long-Distance Improvisation.
• Erdem, Cagri & Saga, Yuki (2019). Meeting Yuki Saga.
• Alarcón Diaz, Ximena; Gonzalez Sanchez, Victor Evaristo & Erdem, Cagri (2019). INTIMAL: Walking to find place, breathing to feel presence. Show summary

  INTIMAL is a physical virtual embodied system for relational listening that integrates body movement, oral archives, and voice expression through telematic improvisatory performance in migratory contexts. It has been informed by nine Colombian migrant women who express their migratory journeys through free body movement, voice and spoken word improvisation. These improvisations have been recorded using Motion Capture, in order to develop interfaces for co-located and telematic interactions for the sharing of narratives of migration. In this paper, using data from the Motion Capture experiments, we are exploring two specific movements from improvisers: displacements on space (walking, rotating), and breathing data. Here we envision how co-relations between walking and breathing, might be further studied to implement interfaces that help the making of connections between place, and the feeling of presence for people in-between distant locations.

• Erdem, Cagri; Schia, Katja Henriksen & Jensenius, Alexander Refsum (2019). Vrengt: A Shared Body–Machine Instrument for Music–Dance Performance.
• Erdem, Cagri; Schia, Katja Henriksen & Jensenius, Alexander Refsum (2019). Vrengt: A Shared Body–Machine Instrument for Music–Dance Performance.
• Jensenius, Alexander Refsum; Erdem, Cagri; Zelechowska, Agata; Lan, Qichao; Fuhrer, Julian Peter & Gonzalez Sanchez, Victor Evaristo (2019). Entraining Guitars.
• Jensenius, Alexander Refsum; Martin, Charles Patrick; Erdem, Cagri; Lan, Qichao; Fuhrer, Julian Peter & Gonzalez Sanchez, Victor Evaristo [Show all 8 contributors for this article] (2019). Self-playing Guitars. Show summary

  In this installation we explore how six self-playing guitars can entrain to each other. When they are left alone they will revert to playing a common pulse. As soon as they sense people in their surroundings they will start entraining to other pulses. The result is a fascinating exploration of a basic physical and cognitive concept, and the musically interesting patterns that emerge on the border between order and chaos.

• Schia, Katja Henriksen; Erdem, Cagri; Lan, Qichao & Jensenius, Alexander Refsum (2018). Music-Dance Performance: "Rhythm".

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