@inproceedings{da41bec77b0e4f77b260f8a3d8db290d,
title = "The object of performance : performativity in contemporary Japanese 'onkyo' music",
abstract = "Many contemporary approaches to the performance of music and sound have jettisoned traditional performative modes. Minimal or even non-existant theatricality has become commonplace in both laptop performance and live electronic compositions and improvisations. While there are a number of environmental and social reasons for this development, this paper discusses how these performances can be read as being highly performative by hearing performativity rather than seeing it. The paper will focus specifically on the electronic performances of the Tokyo based 'Onkyo' scene and the musicians Toshimaru Nakamura, Sachiko M and Otomo Yoshihide. These performers exemplify the use of minimal electronics, low levels of physical performativity in live performances and also the extremely quiet use of noise in their music.",
keywords = "computer music, performance, electronic music, musicians, Japan, onkyo",
author = "Caleb Stuart",
year = "2004",
language = "English",
publisher = "Australasian Computer Music Association",
booktitle = "Ghost in the Machine: Australasian Computer Music Conference",
note = "Australasian Computer Music Conference ; Conference date: 18-11-2015",
}