mastodon 4.8.0-nightly.2026-10-08Music researcher. Research musician. Professor, RITMO, University of Oslo. Author of #SoundActions. #StillStanding every day. Father. He/him.
Hooray, my new book is out: Sound Actions - Conceptualizing Musical Instruments. It is published by @themitpress@mastodon.mit.edu and is freely available (#openaccess). #soundactions
A short video to explain what it is all about: https://youtu.be/PGYSsxOFkKU
More about the book:
https://www.uio.no/ritmo/english/people/management/alexanje/research/sound-actions/index.html
MIT Press page:
https://mitpress.mit.edu/books/sound-actions.
We had a gig at Larvik Guitar Festival today. Talking about air guitar experiments, demoing the Self-playing Guitars, and showcasing fNIRS brain imagery live on stage. What a day!
We call for participation in the International Workshop on the Aesthetics of Ventilation Sound, 2 December 2024, at @unioslo@oslo.town
https://www.uio.no/ritmo/english/news-and-events/events/conferences/2024/ventilation/index.html
Participants are encouraged to contribute to the workshop by presenting their research, artistic works, or engineering innovations related to #ventilation systems.
Skal snakke om MusicLab på fagdag om musikk og opphavsrett ved @unioslo@oslo.town i dag. https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/18AUqN6r5IYdkASaKLCINuHo-uSmSbQi_PlF63WRgm6s/edit?usp=drivesdk
Nominations for songs that people believe it is impossible to stand still to:
- Ain’t no mountain high enough (Marvin Gaye)
- Amaneciendo (Alberto Barros)
- Back in Black (AC/DC=
- Calm down (Rema)
- Just Like Heaven (The Cure)
- Just To Get Away (Poison Idea)
- Love Tonight (Shouse)
- Santé (Stromae)
- Superstition (Stevie Wonder)
- Wake me up before you go-go (Wham)
Which one is your favorite? You can also nominate other songs here:
https://nettskjema.no/a/standstill-music
Did you miss today's #MusicLab Brain? The recording is available and shows violinist Victoria Johnson performing a set of classical and contemporary pieces while we tracked her brain activity using an #fNIRS cap.
Everything worked flawlessly, and we are super excited about what we will find when we analyze all the data! And, of course, we will share everything so that others can peek as weel. #openscience #openresearch #musicscience
https://www.youtube.com/live/kqOov22eAW8?si=Svp96KPi3al63qGE&t=102
We have now published the program for the International Workshop on the Aesthetics of #Ventilation Sound, to be held at @unioslo@oslo.town (and streamed on YouTube) on 2 December.
The program includes introductions to ventilation systems and noise insulation, reflections on how ventilation sounds impact people, creative ventilation hacking, and various artistic perspectives on ventilation sound.
Register (for free!) before 18 November if you want to participate in person.
https://www.uio.no/ritmo/english/news-and-events/events/conferences/2024/ventilation/index.html
The presentation for my #videoanalysis workshop today: https://www.mindomo.com/mindmap/cef361c2ea8c3c9644f2ff1a9f46ab80
A new release of our standalone application, #VideoAnalysis, is freely available! The fresh build runs well on the latest versions of OSX and Windows and is the easiest way to create various visualizations from video files.
https://www.uio.no/ritmo/english/research/labs/fourms/software/VideoAnalysis/index.html