music, improvisation, technology, design
I got the puredata patch to respond to midi, so now we can sequence the gas organ. For the flame and flesh event we’re going to have some performers who want to play their electric violin and cello with the gas organ. Martin came in and played a sequence (top right photo) which we recorded, and you can hear here.
Linda was throwing out a whole bag of phone chargers. I thought there must be a cool way to reuse them.
When I was in Bulgaria I was inspired by Maria’s lovely candle lamp shades. This is my electronic version with bike spiral shades!
check out my instructable for the scoop!
yes it’s true! go to www.lighterthief.org right now to really believe the power!
This project looks like it might be revitalised soon in a web2 stylee.
I’ve been working on the wiimote -> puredata -> bluemelon controlled gas organ for a while now, and we are getting ready for a full test on Monday.
We have a big event called ‘flame and flesh’ happening on the 22nd February at Corsica Studios. Come along and check it out!
update!
the test went really well! We have good intuitive control of the organ using 2 wiimotes. I’ve also got a basic random mode going down too. It was great seeing Shawn dancing with the controllers because the sound was so well linked to his movement. I began to be able to recognise and predict what the sound was going to do as he moved. I think the use of wiimotes is going to really make waves in synchronising music, movement, visuals and who knows what else. Exciting!
