Andrew Blanton

Andrew Blanton and Scot Gresham-Lancaster introduce and discuss CONDUCTOR, an exploration in real-time sound diffusion using multiple iOS devices as sensors for the placement of sound. The design references the historical use of spatial dimensions in music and addresses how the disintegration of traditional audience/performer roles creates massive implications for this new approach to “conducting”. The system requires at least four channels of audio for 360 degree audio spatialization.

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Bio: Andrew Blanton is a media artist and composer. He received his BM in Music Performance from The University of Denver (2008) and a Masters of Fine Arts in New Media Art at the University of North Texas (2013). He is currently a Assistant Professor of Digital Media Art at San Jose State University in San Jose California and a research fellow in the UT Dallas ArtSciLab in Dallas, Texas. His current work focuses on the emergent potential between cross-disciplinary arts and technology, building sound environments through software development, and writing music for those environments.