Year
2024
Publisher
University of Michigan Press
Category
Information Technology and Science
Language
English
Pages
15
ISBN
978-0-47290-368-9
Last Update
09-Jul-2025
Keywords
Music ; Sociology
In one of her last interviews, composer, musician, humanitarian, and electronic music innovator Pauline Oliveros (1932–2016) discussed a lesser-known project, a computer and iPad application called Adaptive Use Musical Instruments, or more commonly, Instrument (henceforth “AUMI”).¹ AUMI’s purpose is to support music makers of all abilities.
It does so by making sound when the player moves, however the player moves, thus supporting what Pauline liked to call “improvising across abilities.” Pauline’s interviewer that day was Ted Krueger (henceforth “Ted”), architecture professor at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI). Ted introduced his colleague as “an innovator over a lifetime of practice” with...
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