Designing Interaction for Co-creation

This paper describes several compositions of live, interactive electronics where mutual listening between the performer and the computer form the basis for the interaction. The electronics combines algorithmically defined musical-logic with inputs from the performer. These become a musical partner to the performer mixing system creativity with the composer's and the performer's. The paper places this approach within the context of computational creativity on the one hand and live electronics on the other. Keywords: algorithmic composition, live-electronics, interaction, machine listening.