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 voice-like music using a sound-producing physical phenomenon not used in any other musical instrument. The sound is created by
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 voice-like music using a sound-producing physical phenomenon not used in any other musical instrument. The sound is created by
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
