I spoke with journalist Elisabeth Sherman about the research into music’s beneficial and detrimental effects on concentration.
Maria Witek is Senior Birmingham Fellow at the Department of Music, School of Languages, Cultures, Art History and Music, University of Birmingham. Her research addresses the psychology, cognitive neuroscience and phenomenology of musical rhythm, body-movement and affect, using methods such as brain imaging, motion-capture and music analysis. She also writes about musical embodiment and dance music experience.
Dr Witek is also a live coder, under the artist name mxwx. She performs and makes algorithmic dance music at Algoraves and other live coding events, using TidalCycles. These performances are often collaborative with other live coders making music and visuals. She is a member of the live coding duo Bad Circulation, alongside Antonio Roberts (aka hellocatfood).
DPhil in Music, 2013
University of Oxford
MA in Music Psychology, 2008
University of Sheffield
BA in Musicology, 2006
University of Oslo
I spoke with journalist Elisabeth Sherman about the research into music’s beneficial and detrimental effects on concentration.
Tune in to BBC radio 3 on May 20th 5pm to hear me speak to Tom Service about affective and embodied responses to syncopated music.
Bad Circulation (our new name!) now has a SoundCloud
Live coding performance at Network Music Festival VR Algorave, July 2020
Live coding performance for the Eulerroom Equinox Live Stream, March 2020
Live coding performance at the Coventry Algorave July 2019
Live coding performance at the International Conference for Live Coding (ICLC) Algorave, in Limerick, Ireland, 2020