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Sebastian Trump studied jazz saxophone and classical saxophone at Nuremberg University of Music. After gaining a master in sound studies at Berlin University of the Arts, his research interests shifted towards new interfaces for music, human-computer interaction, artistic research and evolutionary models of musical improvisation. Since 2009 he is teaching music and media at Nuremberg University of Music and currently works on his PhD thesis on genetic improvisation.
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October 2015 - present
October 2009 - present
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April 2009 - March 2011
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This article examines the integration of artificial intelligence in music, exploring its potential to redefine traditional creative boundaries and establish a more-than-human co-creativity. It discusses theoretical frameworks by Margret Boden, Donna Haraway, and Bruno Latour, presenting AI not just as a tool, but as an active creative participant....
A Note to the Reader This report largely written back in Spring 2021, but unfortunately never submitted to peer review. In the meantime, two extensive reviews of similar nature have been published by Civit et al. (peer reviewed) and Zhao et al. (arxiv). We believe that this manuscript still adds value to the scientific community, since it focuses o...
This article sketches a theoretical framework that allows the conceptual inclusion of non-human animals and artificial intelligences in human sonic collaborations. Post-humanist concepts that question the categorical divide between nature and culture, following Donna Haraway and Bruno Latour, converge with contemporary, non-adaptationist evolutiona...
This paper presents an ongoing interdisciplinary research project that deals with free improvisation and human-machine interaction , involving a digital player piano and other musical instruments. Various technical concepts are developed by student participants in the project and continuously evaluated in artistic performances. Our goal is to explo...
The concept of Musical Cyborgs follows Donna Haraway's "Cyborg Manifesto" to describe a non-binary approach for human-machine collaboration with blurred borders between biological and cybernetic worlds. Interface dimensions of embodiment, instrumentality, authenticity , creativity, learning, and aesthetics therein unfold between intentional and sel...
Musical improvisation and biological evolution are similarly based on the principles of unpredictability and adaptivity. Within this framework, this research project examines whether and how structures of evolutionary developmental logic can be detected and described in free improvisation. The underlying concept of improvisation is participative in...
Das Forschungsgebiet der Innovativen Computerbasierten Musikinterfaces umfasst inzwischen und mit Zunahme der Miniaturisierung und vereinfachten Integration von Sensorik und Aktorik eine Vielfalt von Themengebieten. Dazu gehören u.a. neuartige Musikinstrumente, interaktive und teils kooperative Multitouch Anwendungen, 3-D-Sound, Audio-Video-Install...
Musical improvisation and biological evolution are similarly based on the principles of unpredictability and adaptivity. Against this background, this research examines whether and how structures of evolutionary developmental logic can be detected and described in free improvisation. The underlying con- cept of improvisation is participative in nat...
In this paper I present a new approach for computational improvisation analysis using processes from evolutionary theories. Musical phrases created by the improvisers in the course of a performance are represented as consecutive (co-)evolving sound cells, capable of producing a certain variety of sounds and structures. A corpus of recorded improvis...
Zusammenfassung An der Hochschule für Musik Nürnberg wird aktuell das Forschungsprojekt " Genetische Improvisation " durchgeführt, das nach einer evolutionären Beschreibung für musikalische Entwicklungslogik sucht. In diesem Rahmen entsteht die Software-Sammlung GenImpro, die zunächst nur zur Analyse und als Forschungsumgebung für die durchgeführte...
This paper describes the concept and design of Orphion, a new digit-al musical instrument based on the Apple iPad. We begin by out-lining primary challenges associated with DMI design, focussing on the specific problems Orphion seeks to address such as requirements for haptic feedback from the device. Orphion achieves this by incor-porating an inte...
