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UC San Diego. Center for Research in Computing and the Arts Collection
RSS 1225
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Contributing Institution:
Special Collections & Archives, UC San Diego
9500 Gilman Drive
La Jolla 92093-0175
Title: UC San Diego. Center for Research in Computing and the Arts Collection
Creator:
University of California, San Diego. Center for Research in Computing and the Arts
Identifier/Call Number: RSS 1225
Physical Description:
9.9 Linear feet
(15 archives boxes, 12 card file box, 5 shoe boxes, and two oversized folders)
Physical Description:
167.83 GB
of digital files
Date (inclusive): 1969-2012
Abstract: The UC San Diego Center for Research in Computing and the Arts (CRCA) collection documents the activities of the experimental
music and art research unit. Materials include: subject files, photographs, publications and writings, event materials, and
produced works.
Languages:
English
.
The Project for Music Experiment, funded by the Rockefeller Foundation, opened in 1972 under the direction of UC San Diego
professor Roger Reynolds. In 1973, the project became an organized research unit at the University of California, San Diego
and was renamed the Center for Music Experiment (CME). Although autonomous, the Center was monitored by an inter-departmental
advisory board with UC San Diego Music Department faculty. The director was nominated by the board and appointed by the Chancellor
for terms of up to five years.
The Center was designed as a performance, composition, and a technological research space for innovations with digital computer
music; also facilitating the Studio for Extended Performance, the Extended Vocal Techniques Ensemble (EVTE), and the KIVA
Improvisation Ensemble. The center facilitated and sponsored countless events, as well as worked with artists from around
the world through exchange programs. In 1977, under the direction of Pauline Oliveros, CME received additional funding for
a computer music facility designed to integrate technology and research into both the graduate and undergraduate curricula.
In 1991, the UC Regents approved the change of name from CME to CRCA - the Center for Research in Computing and the Arts (CRCA).
On July 1, 2012, CRCA was "sunset" and it's functions and facilities were folded into Calit2.
Notable faculty included: Will Ogden, Robert Erickson, Harry Partch, Kenneth Gaburo, Thomas Nee, James Campbell, Bernard Rands,
and John Silber.
Directors included: Rodger Reynolds (Founding Director, 1972-1975), Pauline Oliveros (1976-1979), F. Richard Moore (1982-1991),
Harold Cohen (1993-1998), Sheldon Brown (1999-2010), and Shahrokh Yadegari (2011-2012).
Scope and Content of Collection
The UC San Diego Center for Research in Computing and the Arts (CRCA) collection documents the activities of the experimental
music and art computer-based research unit. The documents were collected internally by staff and faculty for educational and
archives purposes. The materials include subject files representing the development and founding of the department, performance
flyers, photographs, publications and writings describing the technological development of experimental music research and
performance, and works produced by the center and its affiliates.
Accession Processed Prior to 2016:
Arranged in four series: 1) SUBJECT FILES, 2) PHOTOGRAPHS, 3) PUBLICATIONS, and 4) WRITINGS.
Accession Processed in 2023:
Arranged in three series: 5) PUBLICATIONS AND WRITINGS, 6) EVENTS, PRODUCED WORKS, AND PROGRAMS, and 7) DIGITAL FILES.
Aquired 2010-2013.
UC San Diego. Center for Research in Computing and the Arts Collection. RSS 1225. Special Collections & Archives, UC San Diego
Library.
Pauline Oliveros Papers, MSS 102. Special Collections & Archives, UC San Diego Library.
Digital files from this collection.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Electronic music
Computer music
Avant-garde (Music)
University of California, San Diego. Center for Research in Computing and the Arts -- Archives
University of California, San Diego. Center for Music Experiment -- Archives