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Jim Davies participated in a project with musician Dr. Jesse Stewart and poet Jamaal Amir Akbari exploring cross-media improvisation. Over a series of several sessions, the three participants improvised in real time: Davies with calligraphy, Stewart with percussion, and Akbari with poetry. The result was a paper, which includes links to the video-recorded performances. The paper explores challenges and opportunities for synergy between media types.<\/p>\n

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Stewart, J., Davies, J., & Amir Akbari, J. (2025). Musicalligraphics: Improvising across modalities. Critical Studies in Improvisation<\/em>. 16(1), 1 – 24. https:\/\/www.criticalimprov.com\/index.php\/csieci\/article\/view\/8137\/7443<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Jim Davies participated in a project with musician Dr. Jesse Stewart and poet Jamaal Amir Akbari exploring cross-media improvisation. Over a series of several sessions, the three participants improvised in real time: Davies with calligraphy, Stewart with percussion, and Akbari with poetry. The result was a paper, which includes links to the video-recorded performances. 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