Improv Sequencer

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

Improv Sequencer

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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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

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

Weaver and Music Box

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.

Weaver and Music Box

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.

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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

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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

Overtones and Intervals

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

Overtones and Intervals

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