Check out this post on PBS’s MediaShift blog about Tod Machover’s project for the Toronto Symphony. The interview focuses on how the project is exploring and extending what it means to engage in a creative collaboration, and the role technology plays in mediating that interaction. There’s fresh interview material, a nice collection of videos and a sneak peek of what’s coming later this week:
On December 6, Machover will issue his latest challenge, simultaneously debuting a new software tool called Mediascore, which lets “different collaborators talk to each other and shape sections (of a musical composition) without necessarily knowing how to write music” — composing, for example, by drawing lines and choosing colors.
Read further: How Tod Machover and the City of Toronto Are Creating a Symphony
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