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Divining Rod
08/24/2011 — generative music · robotics · sound installation · Work
Sound installation for brass slide on guitar strings with computer processing; activated by Arduino, servo, found wood, and a lot of fishing wire.
Shown at the Wave Cave at CalArts, spring 2011.
SoundAffects: generative music on the streets
08/11/2011 — generative music · sound installation · Loom
Last spring I was approached by the always-awesome Tellart to consult on a fairly unique generative music street installation, to be deployed in lower Manhattan for Parsons The New School for Design. There was going to be a long wall on 5th Ave rigged with cameras and sensors of all sorts, data visualization on the website, and a 24/7 streaming soundtrack. The only question was: what will it sound like?
UPDATE: new, official video from mono!
Tube Amp
09/05/2010 — robotics · sound installation · Work
For last April’s 2-Headed Beast festival at CalArts, I pulled together an ambient sound installation using some simple robotics and some shall we say artisanal woodworking. Until I get around to editing the HD footage, here’s the lo-fi video doc from my point & shoot.
Water is pumped through the tubing against the metal resonators, where contact mics catch the sound for amplification through the amp; meanwhile, a motor randomly and gingerly plucks two guitar strings, also amplified.