ACTIVITIES

Name Alistair Matthew Riddell

Email alistair[at thingy]alistairriddell[dot thingy]com or alistair[dotty]riddell[at thingy]anu[dot thingy]edu[dot thing]au

FORMAL QUALIFICATIONS

Princeton University (New Jersey, USA)

Ph.D. (1993) Thesis title: Composing the Interface

M.F.A (1991)

La Trobe University (Melbourne, Australia)

M.A. (Music Composition) (1989)

Thesis title: A Perspective on the Acoustic Piano as a Performance Medium under Machine Control

Diploma in Computer Science (1986)

BA (Hons) (1981)

CURRENT POSITION

Lecturer in Computer Music. Centre for New Media Arts. The Australian National University

TEACHING/PRESENTATION

2008 The Australian Acoustical Society (ANU May)

Central Music Conservatory Beijing (April)

Taiwan National University of the Arts (April)

National University of Taiwan (April)

Re-skin Workshop. ANAT/ANU. Jan-Feb.

2007 Workshop at NTUA. Taipei. May.

Re-skin Workshop. ANAT/ANU. Jan-Feb.

2006 Micro-Controller workshop. ElectroFringe. Newcastle. Forthcoming.

2004 Lecturer. Centre for New Media Arts. ANU.

2002 Lecturer. ACAT. ANU.

2001 Lecturer (sessional) in Computer Science. Monash University

2001 Lecturer (sessional) in Music at the VCA

2000 Lecturer (sessional) in Composition and Technology. Monash University

1998/99 Postgraduate supervisor. Melbourne University

1997 Guest lecture and seminar. La Trobe University

1996 Presented part of a course on comparative musicology - La Trobe University

1994 Course on music technology. Footscray Community Arts Centre

1994 Second Year Composition - Music Technology La Trobe University - 1994

1990-92 Princeton University. Teaching assistant in:

Undergraduate music theory Course 1990-91 for Prof. Scott Burnham

Undergraduate Computer Music/Signal processing course for Paul Lansky and Ken Steiglitz

AFFILIATIONS

Australian Network for Art and Technology

Australasian Computer Music Association (President 1994-96)

Member of the Australian Music Centre

Expert consultant. The Australia Council for the Arts

CONFERENCE ORGANIZATION

Australasian Computer Music Conference. 2007. Australian National University. June 19-21.

Australian Computer Music Conference. 1995. Melbourne University

FELLOWSHIPS, GRANTS and AWARDS

2007 Music Board (New Media) Australia Council. With Ross Bencina.

2006 artsACT grant (New Textile Installation). with Belinda Jessup and Lucie Verhelst.

2004 artsACT grant (New Textile Installation). with Belinda Jessup and Lucie Verhelst.

— Experimenta grant with Michael Ascroft and Somaya Langley.

1999-2000 Research Assistant, Queensland University of Technology. Kelvin Grove.

1996 New Projects Development Grant Australia Council.

Joint application with an Arts Management agency to develop an Australian Arts internet site.

1996 New Projects Grant. Australia Council for the Arts Funding to produce a CD of works.

1995-96 La Trobe University Post-Doctoral Fellowship

1991-93 Naumberg Fellowship (Princeton University)

1989 Graduate Fellowship (Princeton University)

1987 Artists and New Technology Program.

- Special Services Unit of the Australia Council

1985 Australia Music Board Grant.

- Commission through P.B.A.A.

National Program Service.

1983 Jacobena Angliss Music Award.

CONFERENCE PAPERS*

2007 “Engaging the Audience in an Augmented Reality Performance”. with Dr. Caitlin de Berigny Wall. In the proceedings of the DIMEA conference. Perth. September 19-21.

— “The Artist and the Audience in an Experimental Augmented Reality Performance”. with Dr. Caitlin de Berigny Wall. In the proceedings of (re)Actor2: The Second International conference on Digital Live Art. Leeds Metropolitan University, UK. September 10^th.

— Edible Audience. with Dr. Caitlin de Berigny Wall. Sigradi Xi Congreso: La comunicación en la comunidad visual, peer-reviewed abstract accepted, Universidad La Salle, Mexico.

—       Towards Interactive Gesture Control of Sound Patterns Using the Wiimote™. In Proceedings of the ACMC’07 Conference. ANU. Canberra. June 19^th.

2006 Sound Performance within an Augmented Reality Context. In Proceedings of the ACMC’06 Conference. Adelaide. July 12^th.

2005 Edible Audience : A Gastronomic Performance Translated into Sound Art. Sounds in Translation Conference. ANU 16^th September.

— “HyperSense Complex: An Interactive Performance Ensemble”. Generate + Test. Australiasian Computer Music Conference. Creative Industries Precinct, Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane, Australia. July 12-14

1999 Data Culture Generation: After Content, Process as Aesthetic. Paper and keynote address given at First Iteration - A Conference on Generative Computational Processes in the Electronic Arts. Monash University. Dec 1-3.

1996 “Cmix on non-Unix Platforms”. Co-author Ross Bencina. In Proceedings of the International Computer Music Conference. Hong Kong University of Science and Technology. August 19-24.

1995 Engagement between the Representation of Sound and Artistic Intention in Electro-Acoustic Music Composition. Australiasian Computer Music Association Conference. June 9-11. Melbourne University.

1994 The Interface Composed. “Synaesthetica `94”. Australian Centre for the Arts and Technology. Canberra. July 1-3.

1992 NeXT, MusicKit, DSP 56001 and the Grand Piano : A Study in Interfacing Computer Technology to an Acoustic Instrument. In Proceedings of the International Computer Music Conference and Festival. Delphi Greece. July 1-6.

1990 A Meta-Action for the Grand Piano. In Proceedings of the International Computer Music Conference. Glasgow Scotland. September 10-15.

GENERAL PUBLICATIONS (see Writings)

2009 “Edible Audience: What about this Gastronomic Performance Translated as Data Art?” in Sounds in Translation. Ed. Amy Chan and Alistair Noble. E-Press, ANU. ISBN: 1921157101

2008 “Computational Processes in Electronic Sound” in Experimental Music:

audio explorations in Australia. Ed. Gail Priest. UNSW Press. (December)

Review: Stephen Adams. "History by the History-Makers". Realtime rt93, Oct/Nov 2009. P.48.

2007 Catalog notes for Scott Morrison’s Exhibition, Ballad(s) for Quiet Horizons. Canberra Contemporary Art Space. October. ISBN: 1921157101

2007    Ballad(s) for Quiet Horizons. Catalog notes for Scott Morrison’s Exhibition, Canberra Contemporary Art Space.
October. ISBN: 1921157101

2003 Electronic Music - ElectroAcoustic Music (with John Whiteoak.
Entries in the Currency Companion to Music and Dance in Australia
Currency Press. John Whiteoak and Aline Scott-Maxwell (editors) pp. 248-250. ISBN 0 9581213 1 1

2001 Data Culture Generation. In Leonardo. MIT Press. 34:4

2000 Palombini ,Carlos and Alistair Riddell. Alistair Riddell: Dave Reviews

http://mitpress2.mit.edu/e-journals/LEA/ARTICLES/LMJ2000/riddell.html.

— autonomousAudio Online presentation of recent works and ideas through

artspace 43‑51 Cowper Wharf Road Woolloomooloo NSW 2011 Australia.

http://www.artspace.org.au/

1998 A Tuner of His World - An Interview with Paul Lansky

Context. Melbourne University. Nos. 15-16 1998 pp. 33-46.

1996 Music in the Chords of Eternity

In the Contemporary Music Review. pp.151-171. Vol 15. parts 1-2.

1995 Triptypchos (score for 1 minute work)

In the Sounds Australian. Ed. Rebecca Coyle.

1995 Ecstasy Solfége

In Sounds Australian. Ed. Anthony Jones. Vol. 14 n.47

1994 Should Composers/Musicians be Programmers?

In Array - Communications of the International Computer Music Association

Vol. 14 no. 2 Spring 1994

1992 The Chords of Eternity

NMA 10

1991 Computer Control for Acoustic Instruments

Alistair Riddell, Bart Hopkin and Alec Bernstein

Experimental Musical Instruments. Vol vii #1 June. pp. 1/8-11

1991 Review of the International Computer Music Conference (ICMC 1990) Glasgow.

Australian Computer Music Newsletter No. 7 April.

1989 Interview with Warren Burt

Australian Computer Music Newsletter No. 1

1989 Larry Polansky on HMSL and Computer Music

Australian Computer Music Newsletter No. 3&4 Dec

1988 TEMPUS PERFECTUM-A Conversation with Conlon Nancarrow

MEANJIN. Vol 47 Number 2 pp. 266-273

1988 Towards a Virtual Action Piano

Alistair Riddell (Guest Editor)

NMA6 December. pp. 19-24

(issue on Australian Music Technology)

1986 Extracting Music from the Computer

Pilot publication of 7 Days Friday (20th June)

1982 The Computer Controlled Piano - New instrument, New performer

NMA1 (New Music Articles). Melbourne pp. 6-8

PUBLICATIONS REFERENCES/REVIEWS

2008 Noise is Free in Beijing. RealTime 86 Aug/Sept.

2007 Landy, Leigh. Understanding the Art of Sound Organization. The MIT Press.

2006 Barrass, Stephen and Tim Barrass. “Musical creativity in collaborative virtual environments”. Virtual Reality. 10:149-157. Springer.

— Artists [as] Educators: Sound. Alisair Riddell. (note also reference to the FyberMotion Exhibition)

RealTime 74 Aug/Sept. P.9

2005 HyperSense Complex. www.turbulence.org/blog/archives/001175.html (accessed 12-08-05)

2003 “Is this Art?”. The Canberra Times. October 30 2003.

2000 Palombini ,Carlos and Alistair Riddell. Alistair Riddell: Dave Reviews

http://mitpress2.mit.edu/e-journals/LEA/ARTICLES/LMJ2000/riddell.html.

— Richard Vella Musical Environments. Currency Press Strawberry Hills Australia.

1997 Alistair Riddell. In the Oxford Companion to Australian Music. Ed. Warren Bebbington

1995 In Sound Ideas: Australian composers born since 1950, a guide to their music and ideas.

Compiled and Edited by Brenton Broadstock. Sydney: Australian Music Centre.

1994 Alistair M. Riddell - komponist und Konstrukteur computergesteuerter Klavier

Jürgen Hocker. Das Mechnanische MusikInstrument. No. 61 October. p40.

1994. Meta-Action - die elektrishe Tastenmechanik des Alistair M. Riddell

Horst Mohr. Das Mechnanische MusikInstrument. No. 61 October 1994 p26. GmbH

1992 Referenced in Illustrated Compendium of Musical Technology

Tristram Cary. Faber and Faber: London September.

1991 The Music of Alistair Riddell. John Chesworth.

2MBS-FM Radio Guide Vol 17 No. 9 September 1991.

1988 Alistair Riddell Chapter 19 in 22 Contemporary Australian Composers.

Ed. John Jenkins. NMA Publications. March 1988.

www.rainerlinz.net/NMA/22CAC/riddell.html

1988 Tempo quickens on the frontier of Music John Jenkins

The Australian. 13th September. p 41. Computer and High Technology.

1987 Keyshift-some Current Musical Applications of Technology in Australia.

Graeme Gerrard.

— My Pianist and Other Software - Jaroslav Kovaricek.

ARTLINK Vol 7 Nos 2 & 3. Special issue on Art and Technology

1985 Instrumental Composition.

Warren Burt. The Australian Music Centre newsletter. No 9 Spring.

1985 Commanding the Keyboard. Rosalyn Beeby. THE AGE newspaper (Tuesday 19th November)

1983 Playing by Numbers. Warren Burt. Australian Microcomputer Magazine. July. pp 38.

WORKS and PROJECTS

1998 Steam Land [10:00] Computer processed sound.

1997 Culture Doof [5:10] Computer processed sound.

1996 Prosthetic Concrete [13:00] Tenor Saxophone/Clarinet, CD and real-time synthesis.

Legend [9:00] Text and Voice sounds-Carolyn Connors.

1995 Schemes and Tropes [9:50] Text and Voice sounds-Carolyn Connors.

Triptypchos [1:00] for the Sound in Space exhibition at the Museum of Contemporary Art. Sydney

1994 Dave Reviews [8:30] Computer processed sounds. Melbourne Australia

Sound installation at the Fringe Festival's short performance season [10:00]

1993 Z says... [18:24] Computer processed sounds. Princeton New Jersey

1992 Heavy Mouse [15:00] Synthetic Sound (Plucked String). Winham Computer Music Lab. PU.

1991 Moving Idyl [14:00] Computer processed sounds. Princeton New Jersey

Third Hand [14:30] Computer processed sounds. Princeton New Jersey

1990 Entering 2-12 [7:30] Computer processed sounds. Winham Computer Music Lab. PU.

Place Study [ 7: 00] Computer processed sounds. Winham Computer Music Lab. PU.

1989 Atmistfearia [8:00] Computer processed sound. Winham Computer Music Lab. PU.

1987 BlackMoon Assails [10:00] Improvisation (Feb/Mar)

A series of improvisations produced from new software on the Amiga microcomputer system.

1986 Tales from Transitions [13:00 to 30:00]

5 recordings from the collection of Data Structures constituting the Life States set.

Recorded in September at La Trobe University as part of the NPS Commission.

1984 Fantasie [3:51]

Variations [for Two instruments] [8:54]

1983 Core Image. (Music 4BF)

Atlantic Fears [12:07]

1982 One 1, One 1A

Two 1, Two 1A

Three 1 - Existential Constellation

1981 Parallel Lives for Chamber Ensemble

INTERPRETATIONS OF OTHER COMPOSERS WORKS (For Computer Controlled Piano)

1985 Continuum for harpsichord (revised version) - Gyorgy Ligeti.

1982 2 Part Invention No 4 - J.S.Bach.

Continuum for harpsichord - Gyorgy Ligeti.

RECORDINGS

Computer Music from the Australian Centre for Art and Technology. ANU. 2004

Sturm und Drang CD. Archisonic 270198 Melbourne.

42 CD. Archisonic 101097 Melbourne.

Legend On CD from ICMC '96 International Computer Music Conference. Hong Kong. 1996

Triptychos On CD from Sound in Space Exhibition. Sydney. 1995

Two Continents Collected Works (1983-94). Private CD (low volume release) 1995

Variations [for Two Instruments] From the Pages of Experimental Musical Instruments Volume VII. 1992

Fantasie on Austral Voices. New Albion Records. No 28. 1990

Atlantic Fears in the Anthology of Australian Music CMS:4

Computer Controlled Piano works released on NMA TAPES through NMA Publications

(Re-released on mp3 and CDR by Shame File Music, 2006)

ONE 1, ONE 1A, TWO 1, TWO 1A. NMA 1. (1982)

Black Moon Assails. NMA 6. (1988)

Incidents with Accompaniment. NMA 10. (1992)

National Program Service-PBAA

A Tale from Transitions. Commissioned work recorded for the radio series, hear NOW 1986/87

INSTALLATIONS

2009 Restless Habitat with Lucie Verhelst and Belinda Jessup. SoA Gallery. ANU. (June 3-6)
— Restless Habitat with Lucie Verhelst and Belinda Jessup. ANCA Gallery. ACT. (Feb 11-22)

2006 FyberMotion with Lucie Verhelst and Belinda Jessup. Desgin Craft. ACT. (Nov/Dec)

2006 FyberMotion with Lucie Verhelst and Belinda Jessup. Belconnen Gallery. ACT. (July)

2005 FyberMotion with Lucie Verhelst and Belinda Jessup. CCAS Space, Manuka. ACT. (Nov)

1989 The Birth of Peace. Australian Centre for Contemporary Art, Melbourne.

with Chris Mann and Larry Polansky.

VIDEO TAPES

2005 FyberMotion. Canberra Contemporary Art Space. Manuka. November.

2004 HyperSense Complex @ SkyLounge. National Museum of Australia. February.

2003 HyperSense Complex @ Meiso. Kingston, ACT. August.

1989 Latrobe University. Promotional video. Physics workshop 14th July [1:30 approx]

1985 Self made Documentary on the Computer Controlled Pianos. 20th December [52 mins]

Australian BroadCasting Corporation National Program. 20th November [4:30]

THEATRE

1997 Print of a Pulse. Director Tony Yap.

Doc 39. TheatreWorks. Acland st. St Kilda 1st-18th May

Keep the Lid on It. Brunswick Womens Theatre. April

PERFORMANCES (Live)

2005 Edible Audience. The Consumers. Liquid Architecture 6. National Gallery of Australia. 23^rd July 2005

2004 TransGlobal Ball Throw with the “Y” institute in Bern, Switzerland. 19^th October.

2004 HyperSense Complex. OverLoad Poetry Festival. LOOP Bar. Melbourne. 15^th August

HyperSense Complex. ICAD 2004. Sky Bar. Manly 6^th July

HyperSense Complex. VIS(I)ONIC. ANU Arts Centre 1^st April

HyperSense Complex. Ridges EagleHawk resort. Performance/Presentation. 10^th Feb

HyperSense Complex. SkyLounge National Museum of Australia. 8 Performances in Feb

2003 HyperSense Complex. Candy’s Appartment. Kings Cross. Sydney. 2^th November.

HyperSense Complex. Greens Benefit @ Toast. Canberra. 11^th October.

HyperSense Complex. School of Art Gallery. ANU. Canberra. 10^th October.

HyperSense Complex. Spa[v]ce @ ElectroFringe. Newcastle. 4^th October.

HyperSense Complex. Quntacrib @ ElectroFringe. Newcastle. 3^rd October.

HyperSense Complex. Canberra Contemporary Art Space. 6^th September.

HyperSense Complex. Meiso. Kingston. Canberra. 14^th August.

HyperSense Complex. New Music Australia. ABC/FM. Live Radio Performance. Canberra. 13^th August.

HyperSense Complex. Exxcentricity. 2XX benefit @ Babylon. Canberra.31^st May.

HyperSense Complex. Private Performance at Roger Dean’s Canberra Residence. 16^th April.

1997 Left Eye of Horos with David Karla and Steve Law - DJ, Sax and Electronics

At the Punters Club. Brunswick St Fitzroy. 28th August

Data to Data with Steve Law - Electronics

At The Binary Bar. Brunswick St Fitzroy. 8th/15th May 1997

1996 Prosthetic Concrete with David Karla - Tenor Saxophone/Clarinet

At The Reflective Space series. Old Power Station, Lonsdale St. Melbourne. 8th November.

1992 Improvisation with First Avenue

At La Mama's La Galleria. New York City. 14th November

Nature Abhors a Vacuum

Improvisation with First Avenue. Taplin Auditorium. Princeton University.12th October

1989 With Chris Mann, Larry Polansky, Warren Burt and Simon Veitch in

Chris Mann's Birth of Peace Collaboration at the Australian Centre for Contemporary Art.

23rd July. HMSL, 3DIS, the Yamaha Disklavier and Goldfish.

1985 ASTRA at Elm st. November

Keyboards and more - 2nd in the series.

1984 Adelaide Festival

Fringe Centre (North Terrace) 11th March. Elder Hall (Adelaide Conservatory) 13th March.

Court yard beside Elder Hall 17th March.

SELECTED PERFORMANCES (Recordings)

Prosthetic Concrete - Reflective Space series at the Power Station, Bourke st Melbourne. 8th November 1996.

Legend - 3rd KEAMS concert Annual concert series of the Korean Electro-Acoustic Music Association. Korea.

September 16-18, 1996

Legend - ICMC '96 International Computer Music Conference. Hong Kong. August 1996

Atmistfearia - ACMA '95 Conference of the Australian Computer Music Conference Melbourne University

Dave Reviews - plugged! - A Celebration of 15 Years of Sonic Arts Network. Purcell Room South Bank Centre.

London. February 1995

Fringe Festival - Short Performances Festival Composition on CD installation at National Theatre St Kilda.

September 1994

Dave Reviews - Synaesthetica `94 Conference Australian Centre for the Arts and Technology. Canberra July 1994

Z says... - AVE (International Festival for Audio/Visual Arts) Center for Electronics. Arnhem, Netherlands

Nov. 4th to 10th 1994

Z says... - Academy der Knste. Berlin. July 1993

Z says... - CB's 313 Gallery, Bleeker & Bowery. NYC. May 23rd 1993

Z says... - Princeton University, Taplin Auditorium. May 14 1993

Third Hand - Delphi, Greece. July 2 1992

Third Hand - Music for Computers, performers & Hybrids Princeton University.Taplin Auditorium. May 1 1992

Entering 2-12 - Roulette, 228 West Broadway. NYC 4th April 1992

Entering 2-12 - Princeton University Taplin Auditorium. May 11 1991

Atmistfearia - Princeton University. Taplin Auditorium. May 1990

Black Moon Assails - Symposium of the International Musicological Society. Melbourne 1988.

Computer Music Concert No. 1 Wednesday 31st August.

Black Moon Assails - New Musicale at LINDEN (4th October 1987)

Variations for Two Instruments - ASTRA - North Melbourne in July (1985). Recent computer music in Melbourne.

Late night computer show at Elm st.

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