MUSICOTAS

The music industry has experienced a surge in live music consumption, including record-breaking livestreams and concert films. These experiences—whether live, livestreamed, or prerecorded—evoke strong emotions and involve the adjustment of minds and bodies to the music and to one another. Our project aims to: (i) gain a deeper understanding of music making and consumption across various formats through participatory research, (ii) examine the effects of performance and listening contexts on movement, cardiac activity, rhythmic-social synchrony, affective states, and enjoyment for both musicians and audiences, and (iii) develop methods for data processing, music description, synchrony assessment, and analysis across corporeal modalities. Data will be gathered through focus group interviews, live concerts, and concert showings. The project will be conducted at the Department of Music, Art and Culture Studies at the University of Jyväskylä and the VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland.

2025

2029