These are some shots of my large-format illuminated manuscripts
Category: creations
Stone/Voice Instrument
This instrument inspired by notions of mysticism, sorcery, and nature worship. It is also about the idea of humans trying to find ways to control the elements. The performer has one goal in this piece, and that is to touch, rub, plead, or gesture towards the stone in order to conjure the wind (the sound … Continue reading Stone/Voice Instrument
Illuminated Manuscript Phonograph Project
In this project, I have tried to find an ideal way to viscerally experience and explore sound in image. This is still an open question. Obviously, at any point I could have bought a record player and recording sound is very simple these days. This does not solve my problem. Record players do not operate … Continue reading Illuminated Manuscript Phonograph Project
Painting Instrument
This is an alternative controller built of a wood panel, conductive paint, copper leaf, capSense, light resistors, leds, and a chipkit. The painting is played by modulating the relationship of the circuit to the ground. As the performer draws near/far, the disturbance grows stronger/weaker. Touch grounds the circuit and functions as a switch. There are … Continue reading Painting Instrument
Nearly Silent Wind Chime
Silence is a luxury. In a world where machines, radios, and phones are constantly making noise, it feels wrong to take a rare silent space and add sound. That is why I made this wind chime. I hoped to bring the listener’s attention to the silent beauty of the area around the wind chime rather … Continue reading Nearly Silent Wind Chime
Sap Diamonds
Sap diamonds is a time-sensitive process and art practice installation created in October 2013. During Autumn in pine woods, the trees drip sap from their branches. The sap runs crystal clear when the temperature is cool (but not too cool) in the morning. When the sap drips it will occasionally land on the rocks. On … Continue reading Sap Diamonds
Gulliver’s Cello
This kinetic sculpture installation was about the difficulty of learning to play an instrument. Those who wants to build musical machines (for example the popular work of Seth Goldstein) want those machines to play well from the beginning. In human practice this would never be the case and I felt it was important to make … Continue reading Gulliver’s Cello
Candy the Burlesque Bot
This was a small kinetic sculpture robot (now dismantled, RIP) played 8-bit renderings of Quincy Jones out of her head, swayed her leg when approached, and had a bright red led up her skirt. She had a built-in sensor/alarm combo so that if you looked up her skirt she would beep like a smoke alarm. … Continue reading Candy the Burlesque Bot