Data as Contact: Embodiment in Composition and Performance, a colloquium by Chi Wang will take place on Friday, November 13th at 3:30pm in 107 Old Cabell Hall. The event is free and open to the public. This event is part of the 2026 TechnoSonics Festival.
Colloquium Description:
This artist talk explores embodiment and the shifting boundaries between physical experience and data in contemporary composition and performance. Drawing on recent works, I will examine how data becomes a point of contact between bodies, technologies, and musical structures, and how these interactions shape my compositional process.
Chi Wang is a composer and performer of electroacoustic music. Her research and compositional interests include sound design, data-driven instruments creation, musical composition, and performance. Chi’s compositions have been performed internationally including presentations at the International Computer Music Conference, the Society for Electro-Acoustic Music in the United States National Conferences, Musicacoustica – Beijing, Kyma International Sound Symposium, New Interfaces for Musical Expression International Conferences, the New York City Electroacoustic Music Festival, Electronic Music Midwest Festival, International Confederation of Electro-Acoustic Music, Workshop on Computer Music and Audio Technology in Taiwan, Portland Biennial of Contemporary Art, I. Paderewski Conservatory of Music in Poland, Third Practice Electroacoustic Music Festival, Electroacoustic Barn Dance, and Future Music Oregon Concerts. Chi’s composition was selected for inclusion on the music from SEAMUS CD Volume 28. She is the recipient for the Best Composition from the Americas at the 2018 International Computer Music Conference. Chi has also served as a judge for international electronic music competitions including Musicacostica—Beijing, Society for Electro-Acoustic Music in the United States national conferences and International Computer Music Conference. Chi is also an active translator for electronic music related books. She was the first translator for Electronic Music Interactive and for the first book about Kyma, Kyma and the SumOfSines Disco Club, available as Kyma Xitong Shiyong Jiqiao and published by Southwest China Normal University Press. Chi received her D.M.A. at the University of Oregon in the Performance of Data-driven Instruments and has taught computer music at the University of Oregon. She previously received M.Mus. in Intermedia Music Technology from the University of Oregon and graduated with a B.E. in Electronic Engineering from Ocean University of China. Chi is currently an assistant professor of music (composition: electronic and computer music) at the Indiana University Jacobs School of Music.
This event is part of the annual TechnoSonics Festival. To see all TechnoSonics events, please visit: https://music.virginia.edu/technosonics-xxvii. To see all the UVA Music Colloquia visit https://music.virginia.edu/colloquia
Old Cabell Hall 107 is located inside the historic Old Cabell Hall on the south end of UVA's historic lawn, directly opposite the Rotunda. Parking is available in the central grounds parking garage on Emmet Street, and in the parking lots at the UVA Corner. Handicap parking is available in the small parking lot adjacent to Bryan Hall.