Open AccessPrepared for the Worst . . . and the Best
Author(s) -
Brendan Kent
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
critical studies in improvisation
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 1712-0624
DOI - 10.21083/csieci.v14i1.6425
Subject(s) - improvisation , zoom , distancing , the internet , computer science , videoconferencing , multimedia , visual arts , sociology , media studies , covid-19 , art , world wide web , engineering , medicine , disease , pathology , petroleum engineering , infectious disease (medical specialty) , lens (geology)
When physical distancing became necessary as a result of COVID-19, I wanted to find out how to make music in real time over the internet. Fortunately, I found the Mannlicher Carcano Radio Hour! This improvisational collective has a history of networked performance—now facilitated via the conferencing platform Zoom—that stretches back to its origins in experimental call-in radio collage during the 1990s. This ‘community voices’ piece describes some of the ways participants from around the world join together on Saturdays to improvise and socialize as a networked community.