Remote Rhythms: Audience-informed insights for designing remote music performances

Figure 1: Illustration of diferent scenarios where audiences attend remotely music performances, as emerging from our dataalone (left), accompanied by virtual audiences (middle), accompanied by other audiences located in the same space (right) ABSTRACTThis paper examines the design of technology for remote music performances, from the perspective of their audiences.In this process, we involved a total of 104 participants across the diferent stages of our project.Initially, we collected qualitative data from remote audiences using several methods, including surveys, interviews, and observations.Through the thematic analysis of this data, we identifed four design dimensions consisting of 17 key elements that illustrate what audiences value in remote music spaces.We applied these insights in a participatory design workshop with diverse stakeholders, contributing to the development of speculative design ideas in this feld.The paper concludes by presenting key design insights for future technology advancements in remote music performances.The research contributes to the evolving design space of remote music performances, ofering valuable perspectives for researchers, designers, and industry stakeholders.