Vocaloids and Japanese virtual vocal performance: the cultural heritage and technological futures of vocal puppetry
Book chapter
Jackson, L. and Dines, M. 2016. Vocaloids and Japanese virtual vocal performance: the cultural heritage and technological futures of vocal puppetry. in: Whiteley, S. and Rambarran, S. (ed.) The Oxford Handbook of Music and Virtuality Oxford Oxford University Press (OUP).
Chapter title | Vocaloids and Japanese virtual vocal performance: the cultural heritage and technological futures of vocal puppetry |
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Authors | Jackson, L. and Dines, M. |
Abstract | Notions of illusion are an inherent part of the traditional theatrical practice and experience of Japan, and it is contended here that these notions of illusion normalize the creation of synthetic, virtual performance avatars that front the sampled vocaloid software. In contrast to the rather Western fixation on the authenticity of the human voice (whoever is seen and heard to be singing should be the actual owner of the voice and physically connected to it in some realm of reality) this chapter holds the idea to account by exploring the world of the Japanese vocaloids in the context of Asian theatrical practices: specifically examining the use and conceptualization of puppet theatre (Bunraku) to raise questions over the cultural location of vocaloid software and the emergence of the “virtual” voice/artist. |
Keywords | Japan, vocaloids, illusion, theater, Bunraku, avatar |
Research Group | Music group |
Book title | The Oxford Handbook of Music and Virtuality |
Editors | Whiteley, S. and Rambarran, S. |
Publisher | Oxford University Press (OUP) |
Place of publication | Oxford |
ISBN | |
Hardcover | 9780199321285 |
Paperback | 9780190061906 |
Publication dates | |
Online | 07 Mar 2016 |
10 Mar 2016 | |
Publication process dates | |
Deposited | 20 Nov 2019 |
Accepted | 31 Mar 2016 |
Output status | Published |
Additional information | Hardback Published: 10 March 2016 |
Web address (URL) | https://www.oxfordhandbooks.com/view/10.1093/oxfordhb/9780199321285.001.0001/oxfordhb-9780199321285-e-6 |
Digital Object Identifier (DOI) | https://doi.org/10.1093/oxfordhb/9780199321285.013.6 |
Language | English |
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