Conceptual blending in biomusic composition space: The "Brainswarm" paradigm

Conceptual blending and biomusic composition spaces are approached in this work, in an effort to identify in them any creative potentialities as new compositional trajectories. The basic ideas and objectives of these two spaces are approached through a paradigm, consisting of a relevant, compositional work of the author, namely "Brainswarm", which employs real-time acquisition of the body/hands gestural information along with the brain activity of the so-called bio-conductor. The latter acts as a mediator between the real (instrumental ensemble) and the virtual (consisting of swarm ontologies) worlds. The nature of the work allows for exploration and discussion upon specific realization, organization and aesthetic issues, surfacing the main conceptual blending axons involved. The proposed compositional trajectory calls for further understanding of the functional mechanisms of the human body and brain, so to be creatively used in a shared, yet blended, aesthetic expression.