This dissertation is comprised of a recent series of compositions, titled the Nightmare series, and this thesis. The three compositions are Nightmare for JACK (a ballet) (2013), Second Nightmare, for KIKU/2.5 Nightmares for Jessie (2014), and Child of Chimera (2015). The thesis describes the aesthetic impulse behind this series of works, and identifies sociological and technological elements in the work. The primary topic of investigation is the “Uncanny Valley,” a term used primarily in robotics and gaming in reference to empathy towards androids and digital humanoid characters. This thesis investigates the uncanny valley in film, gaming, and psychology; examines the potential of the concept for use in experimental art; and describes the methods I have used to incite the emotion in my compositions.

Thesis (Ph. D.)--York University, 2001. / Typescript. "Publisher's no.: UMI NQ67904." Includes bibliographical references (leaves 388-421). Also available on the Internet. MODE OF ACCESS via web browser by entering the following URL: http://wwwlib.umi.com/cr/yorku/fullcit?pNQ67904.

Thesis (Ph. D.)--York University, 2001. Graduate Programme in Music. / Typescript. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 388-421). Also available on the Internet. MODE OF ACCESS via web browser by entering the following URL: http://wwwlib.umi.com/cr/yorku/fullcit?pNQ67904.

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Thesis (D.M.A.)--University of Rochester. / Reproduced from typescript. Vita. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 139-145). Digitized version available online via the Sibley Music Library, Eastman School of Music http://hdl.handle.net/1802/5896

Thesis (Ph. D.)--Wesleyan University, 2005. / Includes bibliographical references (leaves 416-422) and index.

Thesis (Ph. D.)--Ohio State University, 2003. / "Publisher's no.: UMI 3109131." Includes bibliographical references. Also issued online.

Thesis (Ph. D.)--Ohio State University, 2003. / Includes bibliographical references (leaves 218-238).

Orientador(a): Mauricio Funcia De Bonis / Banca: Alberto Tsuyoshi Ikeda / Banca: Gustavo de Moura Valença Motta / Resumo: Na segunda metade do Século XX, em especial nas décadas de 1960 e 1970, artistas e intelectuais discutiram calorosamente acerca da relação entre a atuação poética (criativa) do artista e sua influência no campo político e ideológico social. Nesse contexto, o compositor inglês Cornelius Cardew (1936 - 1981) se destacou por desenvolver um trabalho composicional e teórico contundente, crítico e autocrítico sobre a vanguarda musical e sua dimensão ideológica. Transitou entre duas das mais influentes orientações estéticas da segunda metade do Século XX, a música de vanguarda e a música politicamente engajada, ambas fundamentais na construção de chaves de leitura acerca da relação entre o compositor e a sociedade ocidental capitalista. Cardew se dedicou no decorrer de toda a década de 1960 na criação e divulgação de obras diretamente influenciadas pela escola americana experimental. Compôs obras que trabalhavam com a aleatoriedade, a improvisação (The Great Learning, Schooltime Compositions, etc.) e a notação gráfica, dentre essas, Treatise (1963-7) se destaca. Em 1969, ainda ligado às diretrizes aleatórias e ritualísticas da escola americana, o compositor fundou a orquestra experimental Scratch Orchestra (1969-74). Não obstante, influenciado pelo trabalho de pesquisa feito em conjunto com a orquestra (haja a existência de um núcleo de estudos teóricos chamado de Ideological Group), nos anos seguintes ao encerramento das atividades do grupo, Cardew se engajou na utilização da (Resumo completo, clicar acesso eletrônico abaixo) / Abstract: In the second half of the twentieth century, especially in the 1960s and 1970s, artists and intellectuals intensify argued about the relationship between the poetic (creative) performance of the artist and his influence on the political and ideological social field. In this context, the English composer Cornelius Cardew (1936 - 1981) stood out for developing a compelling, critical and self-critical compositional and theoretical body of work about the musical avant-garde and its ideological dimension. He transited between two of the most influential aesthetic orientations of the second half of the twentieth century, avant-garde music and politically engaged music, both fundamental in the construction of reading about the relationship between the composer and western capitalist society. Throughout the 1960s, Cardew devoted himself in the creation and dissemination of works directly influenced by the experimental American school. He composed works that worked with randomness, improvisation (The Great Learning, Schooltime Compositions, etc.) and the graphic notation - among these, Treatise (1963-7) stands out. In 1969, still attached to the random approach and ritualistic directives of the American school, the composer founded the experimental orchestra Scratch Orchestra (1969-74). Nevertheless, influenced by the research work done in conjunction with the orchestra (strictly related to the theoretical studies group called the Ideological Group), in the years following the closing... (Complete abstract click electronic access below) / Mestre

Thesis (doctoral) - Technische Universität, Berlin. / Includes bibliographical references and index.