CHEN WANG

Creative TechnologistMusic ProducerComposerResearcher

London, UKCreating experiences where sound, technology and people interact.

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Audience Participation · Live Voice · Interactive Electronic Music

TextMe

Live at ICMC 2024, Seoul
Video 01 · Live performance, ICMC 2024, SeoulTextMe, live interactive performance at the International Computer Music Conference, Seoul, 2024. A recorded performance showing the interaction between audience participation, projected text, electronic sound and live voice.

When audience messages become part of the music.

Year
2023–2025
Format
Interactive audiovisual performance
Role
Composer, performer, interactive system designer
Technologies
Max/MSP · Ableton Live · OSC · Live vocal processing

About the work

TextMe is an interactive audiovisual performance combining electronic music, live vocals and audience participation. The work explores how communication between performer and audience can become part of the musical experience, allowing audience contributions to influence the unfolding composition in real time.

During the performance, audience members type words and messages using wireless keyboards. Their text appears on a large projection screen while a custom system built with Max/MSP, Open Sound Control (OSC) and Ableton Live translates selected keyboard inputs into musical controls. Typing can trigger sounds, modify rhythmic and spatial elements, and influence electronic and live vocal processing.

As the performer, Chen responds to audience messages through vocal improvisation while controlling the electronic system. The performance brings together pre-composed music, audience-generated input and live decisions, creating a different musical experience with each realisation.

Interaction

How the interaction works

Audience inputType messages
Interactive systemProject text & control sound
Live performanceVoice & electronic response
A simplified conceptual flow. Audience input reaches both the projection and selected musical processes, while the performer retains live control.

System demonstration

Video 02 · Interactive system demonstration · A demonstration of the audience-input system, projection and real-time musical interaction.

A closer look at how keyboard input, visual projection and real-time sound processing operate within the performance.

Selected presentations

2024
International Computer Music Conference (ICMC), Seoul, South Korea
2024
MindAIness: Digital Intimacy, BCMA Art Space, Berlin, Germany
2025
SOHO Sofia, Bulgaria
Technologies
Max/MSP · Ableton Live · OSC · TouchAble Pro · Mira · Live Vocal Processing · Interactive Projection