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Investigating performance ecologies using screen scores: a case study
Author(s)
Masu, Raul
Bettega, Mela
Correia, Nuno N.
Romão, Teresa
Date Issued
October 1, 2023
Type
Article
Abstract
The purpose of this paper is to deepen the understanding of interconnections among actors and artifacts in a music performance. To this end, this work presents a case study with four participants. Each participant created a piece using Puffin, a screen score system that allows for real-time generation of scores to be played by traditional instrumentalists. We collected field notes and interviews and formalized them with the support of ARCAA (Actors, Role, Context, Activities and Artifacts), a recently developed framework specifically developed for this purpose. By discussing the resulting ecology we highlight some possible design suggestions, including the importance of considering non-direct interaction with a digital system as fundamental for a good “usage” of a given musical system; the relevance of accounting for the entire ecology of artifacts; and that different conceptions of affordances should be used to understand different perspectives of an ecology (in our case, social and hidden affordances).
Citation
Personal and Ubiquitous Computing, 27(5), 1887-1907, 2023