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.

This event is free and open to the public.

Call for proposals

This workshop invites CIRMMT members and the wider community to share projects that recontextualize the body in the creation of new music, whether through gesture-based instruments, movement-driven sound processes, haptic and multisensory systems, or theoretical frameworks that interrogate the role of embodiment in musical practice. Participants are encouraged to propose short presentations—conceptual, aesthetic, or practice-based—as well as live demonstrations of corporeal instruments, gestural systems, or performance prototypes.

Interested participants and attendees should register using this MS form. Proposals to present must be received by January 16, 2026, and accepted presenters will be notified by January 23, 2026.

Prof. Tanaka will offer critical feedback and engage in discussion with each participant, with the aim of supporting individual research objectives and encouraging exchange across disciplines within CIRMMT.