*Please note that this workshop will be held in French.

This workshop will be followed by the Workshop on embodiment and music creation (II), which will be held on February 4, 2026 at McGill University (in English).

Description

Following Atau Tanaka's distinguished lecture on February 2nd, this workshop, taking the form of a masterclass with our guest, brings together artists and researchers to reflect on embodiment, gesture, and technological mediation in contemporary music creation. Atau Tanaka's pioneering work—spanning sensor-based performance, bio-signals, mobile technologies, and corporeal interfaces—offers a unique lens on how the body can become both instrument and site of musical thought.

Registration

This event is free and open to the public with registration vis this MS form. 

Programme

9:30-12:30: Workshop

Erin Gee et Nicolas Bourgeois (U. de Montréal): BioSynth : from biofeedback instruments to visualization tools

Luana Belinsky (UQAM): Inhale/Exhale: Breath as Rhythm, Reaction, and Gesture
en collaboration avec Erin Gee and Nicolas Bourgeois 

Yue Wang (U. de Montréal): Embodied Musical Creation with Brain–Body Digital Musical Instruments: EMG-Based Gesture, Mapping, and Compositional Practice

Vincent Isabel (U. Laval): Dysfunctional empathy [expression through fragile apparatuses and decay of control]

13:30-15:00: Demo/performance presented by Atau Tanaka

Presentation of the EAVI EMG hardware for muscle-music interaction with the Brain Body Digital Instrument (BBDMI) software toolkit.