WRITINGS
THESES
1993 Composing the Interface
PhD. Princeton University. Princeton. NJ. USA
1989 A Perspective on the Acoustic Piano as a Performance Medium under Machine Control
Master of Arts. Music Department. La Trobe University. Melbourne. Australia
CONFERENCE PAPERS
2009 Gesture and Musical Expression Entailment in a Live Coding Context
In the proceedings of the ACMC'09 conference. QUT Brisbane. July 2-4.
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 10th.
—— 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 19th.
2006 Sound Performance within an Augmented Reality Context
In Proceedings of the ACMC’06 Conference. Adelaide. July 12th.
2005 Edible Audience : A Gastronomic Performance Translated into Sound Art
Sounds in Translation Conference. ANU. 16th September.
—— HyperSense Complex: An Interactive Performance Ensemble
Generate + Test. Proceedings of the ACMC’05
Creative Industries Precinct, Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane. 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
In Proceedings of the ACMC’95 Conference. Adelaide. 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
2009 Resonances in the Machine of Thought: Computational Processes in Experimental Music
in Experimental Music: audio explorations in Australia. Ed. Gail Priest.
UNSW Press.
2008 Edible Audience: What about this Gastronomic Performance Translated as Data Art?
in Sounds in Translation. Ed. Amy Chan and Alistair Noble.
E-Press. ANU. (forthcoming)
2007 Ballad(s) for Quiet Horizons
Catalog notes for Scott Morrison’s Exhibition, Canberra Contemporary Art Space.
October. ISBN: 1921157101
2003 ElectroAcoustic and Computer Music - History and Prospects
Entries in the Companion to Music and Dance in Australia
Currency Press. John Whiteoak and Aline Scott-Maxwell (editors)
2001 Data Culture Generation
In Leonardo. MIT Press. 34:4
2000 Alistair Riddell: Dave Reviews
Carlos Palombini and Alistair Riddell.
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
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
New Music Articles (NMA). Melbourne pp. 6-8.
PUBLICATIONS — REFERENCES/REVIEWS
2007 Leigh Landy. 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 under Projects). RealTime 74 Aug/Sep. 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 Carlos Palombini and Alistair Riddell. Alistair Riddell: Dave Reviews
http://mitpress2.mit.edu/e-journals/LEA/ARTICLES/LMJ2000/riddell.html
—— Richard Vella and Andy Arthurs. Musical Environments
Currency Press Strawberry Hills Australia.
1997 Warren Bebbington. Ed. Alistair Riddell
In the Oxford Companion to Australian Music.
1995 Brenton Broadstock. Ed. In Sound Ideas: Australian composers born since 1950, a guide to their music and ideas
Sydney: Australian Music Centre.
1994 Jürgen Hocker. Alistair M. Riddell - komponist und Konstrukteur computergesteuerter Klavier
Das Mechnanische MusikInstrument. No. 61 October. p40.
1994. Horst Mohr. Meta-Action - die elektrishe Tastenmechanik des Alistair M. Riddell
Das Mechnanische MusikInstrument. No. 61 October 1994 p26. GmbH
1992 Tristram Cary. Referenced in Illustrated Compendium of Musical Technology
Faber and Faber: London September.
1991 John Cheswork. The Music of Alistair Riddell.
2MBS-FM Radio Guide Vol 17 No. 9 September 1991.
1988 John Jenkins. Ed. Alistair Riddell
Chapter 19 in 22 Contemporary Australian Composers.
NMA Publications. March 1988.
1988 John Jenkins. Tempo quickens on the frontier of Music
The Australian. 13th September. p 41. Computer and High Technology.
1987 Graeme Gerrard. Keyshift-some Current Musical Applications of Technology in Australia
ARTLINK Vol 7 Nos 2 & 3. Special issue on Art and Technology
—— Jaroslav Kovaricek. My Pianist and Other Software
ARTLINK Vol 7 Nos 2 & 3. Special issue on Art and Technology
1985 Warren Burt. Instrumental Composition
The Australian Music Centre newsletter. No 9 Spring.
1985 Rosalyn Beeby. Commanding the Keyboard
THE AGE newspaper (Tuesday 19th November)
1983 Warren Burt. Playing by Numbers
Australian Microcomputer Magazine. July. pp 38.