Proceedings of the First Symposium on Laptop Ensembles and Orchestras, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, Louisiana, Apr 2012
Solutions to the problem of disrupted visual communication in laptop ensembles are explored. Ess... more Solutions to the problem of disrupted visual communication in laptop ensembles are explored. Essential channels of visual interpersonal communication are found both between performers and audience and among the performers themselves. Because the use of a laptop computer is inherently visually oriented, it easily leads to visual fixation, possibly at the expense of audience or ensemble engagement. After examining impediments to visual communication, strategies are presented relating to laptop ensemble or orchestra (LEO) instrument design with respect to the different types of information that the performer may need to receive or access or monitor: user input feedback, non-immediate or timed computational results, and networked information. Although the primary focus of this examination is geared toward the designer of software “instruments” for the LEO, other strategies are acknowledged that may assist in restoring visual freedom.
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