Telenexica is a symposium where creators of telematic music Miller Puckette (Quacktrip, Netty McNetface, Music101), Scott Deal (Deck 10), and Chris Chafe (JackTrip) will showcase their art and software ingenuity. Featured collaborators include Irwin, Chuiyuan Meng, Elainie Lillios, Christopher Biggs, and Quarantine Sessions core members and guests. The name for this symposium--tele for "remote" and nexus for "connection"--was inspired by Pauline Oliveros' comment to Scott Deal on telematic music: "This is about relationships, isn't it?" In times when we especially need to connect, we will reflect on relationships and synchronicity, with an eye toward the world around us. The event will begin with a live performance by Miller Puckette and Irwin on Vimeo, followed by presentations in Jitsi by Scott Deal and Chris Chafe and discussion. Date & Time: Sat Oct 30, 1 pm PDT Vimeo: https://vimeo.com/event/1386375 (approximately 20 mins) Jitsi (after Vimeo presentation): https://cm-jitsi-jam.stanford.edu/telenexica Miller Puckette Miller Puckette is known as the creator of Max and Pure Data. As an MIT undergraduate he won the 1979 Putnam mathematics competition. He was a researcher at the MIT Media Lab from its inception until 1986, then at IRCAM, and is now professor of music at the University of California, San Diego. He has been a visiting professor at Columbia University and the Technical University of Berlin, and has received two honorary degrees and the SEAMUS award. Irwin Irwin has been active as a musician, beat-maker/programmer, producer, composer and sound designer for over three decades, and has toured as a side musician for a wide range of genres as well as his own solo live electronic performances throughout the U.S. and Europe. Irwin has worked on hundreds of music projects for film, gaming, live performance, and as a clandestine go-to 'ghost' producer/programmer/beat-maker within the music industry. About Miller Pucket and Irwin's performance Since the arrival of COVID, Irwin and Miller have continued their collaboration remotely using Quacktrip, with Miller controlling plug-ins on Irwin's computer in real time over the network. Their music is performed live on their own hardware instruments and software. Scott Deal Scott Deal engages new pathways of computer interactivity, networked systems, and electroacoustics. His recordings have been described as “soaring, shimmering explorations of resplendent mood and incredible scale." In the network arts, Deal is an award-winning creator, producer, author and performer. Deal and composer Matthew Burtner were awarded the Internet2 IDEA award for their creation of "Auksalaq", a telematic opera described as “an important realization of opera for today’s world”. He is the founder of Earth Day Art Model, a 24-hour, worldwide telematic Festival. Deal is the Director of Tavel Arts and Technology Research Center at IUPUI, Indianapolis. ESC is a networked, electroacoustic trio comprised of Elainie Lillios, Scott Deal, and Christopher Biggs. The group creates web-based sound art through networked means, using interactive technologies combined with acoustic percussion and creative media. Acclaimed as one of the “contemporary masters of the medium” by MIT Press’s Computer Music Journal, electroacoustic composer Elainie Lillios creates works that reflect her fascination with listening, sound, space, time, immersion, and anecdote. Scott Deal’s recordings have been described as “soaring, shimmering explorations of resplendent mood and incredible scale”….”sublimely performed”. Christopher Biggs is a composer and multimedia artist whose “original and unique musical language” blends dense, contrapuntal textures with direct, visceral expression. His music presents a “masterful combination between acoustic instruments and electronics” (Avant Scena). Chris Chafe Chris Chafe is a composer, improvisor and cellist, developing much of his music alongside computer-based research. He is Director of Stanford University's Center for Computer Research in Music and Acoustics (CCRMA). At IRCAM (Paris) and The Banff Centre (Alberta), he pursued methods for digital synthesis, music performance and real-time internet collaboration. CCRMA's SoundWIRE project involves live concertizing with musicians the world over. Online collaboration software including jacktrip and research into latency factors continue to evolve. An active performer either on the net or physically present, his music reaches audiences in dozens of countries and sometimes at novel venues. A simultaneous five-country concert was hosted at the United Nations in 2009. Chafe's works are available from Centaur Records and various online media. Gallery and museum music installations are into their second decade with "musifications" resulting from collaborations with artists, scientists and MD's. Chris Chafe will present excerpts from The Quarantine Sessions, a series of weekly international concerts that has been held online during the pandemic and is still continuing as of this writing.