Quests for musical instrument design

Materials of a talk by Bovermann|Hinrichsen|Hildebrand Marques Lopes at hybridTalks, 6 February 2014

• Abstraction — Pragmatism
• Nature — Artificiality
• Introvert — Extravert
• Scarceness — Opulence
• Complexity — Simplicity
• Rationality — Emotion
• Matter — Virtuality
• Creation — Reproduction
• Progress — Consistency
• Form — Substance
• Choreography — Improvisation
• Instrument — Interface
• Art — Design
• One — Many
• Instrument — Interface
• Virtuosity — Exploration
• Transparency — Complexity
• Virtuality — Embodiment
• Sustainability — One shot
• Pop — Serious Music
• Ignorance — Expertise