New Version of the Improv Sequencer
The new improv / performance interface for the Gravity Harps is functional, if not polished. It’s like sequencing musical DNA. I hope you like it. Let me know what you think. disclaimers: The visual design looks like a programmer did
New Version of the Improv Sequencer
The new improv / performance interface for the Gravity Harps is functional, if not polished. It’s like sequencing musical DNA. I hope you like it. Let me know what you think. disclaimers: The visual design looks like a programmer did
Gravity Harps
The Gravity Harps are the final version of the pendulum instrument and are featured in Bjork’s current Biophilia show in Manchester UK. The idea was born during a slightly tense meeting after the Manchester parameters had changed. The Pendulum Ring
Gravity Harps
The Gravity Harps are the final version of the pendulum instrument and are featured in Bjork’s current Biophilia show in Manchester UK. The idea was born during a slightly tense meeting after the Manchester parameters had changed. The Pendulum Ring
The Gravity Ring
The Gravity Ring was originally envisioned for Bjork’s Biophilia project. I met her and Michel Gondry at the MIT Media Lab when they were looking for people and inspirations for a 3D film based on Bjork’s Biophilia concepts. Concept 1
The Gravity Ring
The Gravity Ring was originally envisioned for Bjork’s Biophilia project. I met her and Michel Gondry at the MIT Media Lab when they were looking for people and inspirations for a 3D film based on Bjork’s Biophilia concepts. Concept 1
Gravity Ring Choreographer
We knew what the musical notes would be. But spatially, they could be arranged in millions of ways. So I wrote this simulator to help me visualize the patterns and decide on the proper choreography. Click the image below to
Gravity Ring Choreographer
We knew what the musical notes would be. But spatially, they could be arranged in millions of ways. So I wrote this simulator to help me visualize the patterns and decide on the proper choreography. Click the image below to
Weavers and Music Boxes (early Biophilia idea)
This machine has 2 or 3 main parts. The Music Box – which may contain other instruments, like a trompong or tuned strings. The Music Sheet – which contains music encoded into it by weaving, punched holes, or interwoven beads.
Weavers and Music Boxes (early Biophilia idea)
This machine has 2 or 3 main parts. The Music Box – which may contain other instruments, like a trompong or tuned strings. The Music Sheet – which contains music encoded into it by weaving, punched holes, or interwoven beads.
Water Harp
This was a project for Björk, who had asked me to explore instruments that harness forces of nature. I chose to start with water, or gravity and surface tension, to be more precise. The idea was to use water’s insistent
Water Harp
This was a project for Björk, who had asked me to explore instruments that harness forces of nature. I chose to start with water, or gravity and surface tension, to be more precise. The idea was to use water’s insistent
Minor Adventures in Harmonics
While at the MIT Media Lab I created a magneto-acoustic instrument that used electromagnets to set 31 piano strings vibrating at precise frequencies. I found each string could be played in all of its harmonic modes, and in the unstable
Minor Adventures in Harmonics
While at the MIT Media Lab I created a magneto-acoustic instrument that used electromagnets to set 31 piano strings vibrating at precise frequencies. I found each string could be played in all of its harmonic modes, and in the unstable
The Whirly-Bot
The Whirly-Bot looks like a massive, trembling turbine and sounds like sniffing a thousand magic markers all at once. It creates music by whipping air through corrugated plastic tubes. Each corrugated bump creates vibrating vorticies that energize a standing wave
The Whirly-Bot
The Whirly-Bot looks like a massive, trembling turbine and sounds like sniffing a thousand magic markers all at once. It creates music by whipping air through corrugated plastic tubes. Each corrugated bump creates vibrating vorticies that energize a standing wave
Honey I Shrunk Red Hook
There are some invisible walls between the varied populations of Red Hook. Would those walls disappear if we shrunk everyone down? In the summer of 2009, Laura Arena of Lucky Gallery asked Luis Blackaller and I to create an installation
Honey I Shrunk Red Hook
There are some invisible walls between the varied populations of Red Hook. Would those walls disappear if we shrunk everyone down? In the summer of 2009, Laura Arena of Lucky Gallery asked Luis Blackaller and I to create an installation
The Heliphon
The Heliphon is a robotic metallophone intended to accompany a Balinese gamelan orchestra. In Balinese gamelan, the higher an instrument’s pitch, the faster it is played, culminating in blazing interlocking parts played with fierce precision. Only a robot could play
The Heliphon
The Heliphon is a robotic metallophone intended to accompany a Balinese gamelan orchestra. In Balinese gamelan, the higher an instrument’s pitch, the faster it is played, culminating in blazing interlocking parts played with fierce precision. Only a robot could play
The Blo-Bot
What has 6 legs, 4 elbows, no head, and hoots as winsomely as a lovestruck pygmy? The Blo-bot is my first robot for Ensemble Robot. It’s a tetrahedron of pneumatic cylinders and modified organ pipes that makes music as it
The Blo-Bot
What has 6 legs, 4 elbows, no head, and hoots as winsomely as a lovestruck pygmy? The Blo-bot is my first robot for Ensemble Robot. It’s a tetrahedron of pneumatic cylinders and modified organ pipes that makes music as it
Zap!
Zap! was a musical event for live musicians, robots, and high voltage arcs. I had an inspiration to use Dr. Robert J. Van de Graaff’s original 5 million volt generator as a musical instrument and composer Christine Southworth ran with
Zap!
Zap! was a musical event for live musicians, robots, and high voltage arcs. I had an inspiration to use Dr. Robert J. Van de Graaff’s original 5 million volt generator as a musical instrument and composer Christine Southworth ran with
The Red Chair
Anne Loyer and I stomped all over London, Boston, and New York City carrying armloads of of video equipment and dragging The Red Chair. Like detectives, we were following a web of stories from one person to another. And when
The Red Chair
Anne Loyer and I stomped all over London, Boston, and New York City carrying armloads of of video equipment and dragging The Red Chair. Like detectives, we were following a web of stories from one person to another. And when
Tallbike Rodeo
The Boston/Cambridge area has a preponderance of artists, engineers, and just plain freaks who build things. What happens if you put ‘em all in a pot and stir ‘em up? I wanted to find out. And a Tallbike Rodeo seemed
Tallbike Rodeo
The Boston/Cambridge area has a preponderance of artists, engineers, and just plain freaks who build things. What happens if you put ‘em all in a pot and stir ‘em up? I wanted to find out. And a Tallbike Rodeo seemed
Moving the Busycle
This was fun. One day Matthew Mazzotta asked me to help move the Busycle from an ancient warehouse in the Navy Yards to Cave Dave’s workshop/home in South Boston. What is the Busycle? You’ll just have to see: That thing
Moving the Busycle
This was fun. One day Matthew Mazzotta asked me to help move the Busycle from an ancient warehouse in the Navy Yards to Cave Dave’s workshop/home in South Boston. What is the Busycle? You’ll just have to see: That thing
Circus, Circus (for the Robin Amer community diaspora)
Some time ago, we hosted a best-birthday-ever for the lovely and awesome Robin Amer. This featured two, count ‘em two, marching bands: The Stick and Rag Village Orchestra and the What Cheer? Brigade. What Cheer? was so new they didn’t
Circus, Circus (for the Robin Amer community diaspora)
Some time ago, we hosted a best-birthday-ever for the lovely and awesome Robin Amer. This featured two, count ‘em two, marching bands: The Stick and Rag Village Orchestra and the What Cheer? Brigade. What Cheer? was so new they didn’t
Falling off the Robot Wagon
I said I wouldn’t do it. But I couldn’t stay away. The hours, the expense, the stress of watching level-0 prototypes in high-profile performances, holding my breath waiting for them to embarrassingly malfunction onstage. But I miss the people. So
Falling off the Robot Wagon
I said I wouldn’t do it. But I couldn’t stay away. The hours, the expense, the stress of watching level-0 prototypes in high-profile performances, holding my breath waiting for them to embarrassingly malfunction onstage. But I miss the people. So
Make Bike Film Now
Have you ever wanted to capture the rare sense of grace and speed you only get from city biking? I’ve been experimenting with my bike-cam. It’s so easy and fun I want everyone to do it! All together now –
Make Bike Film Now
Have you ever wanted to capture the rare sense of grace and speed you only get from city biking? I’ve been experimenting with my bike-cam. It’s so easy and fun I want everyone to do it! All together now –
