Interactive Audiovisual Installation by Leith Campbell. University of Michigan PAT 452, Interactive Media Design II, Winter 2016.
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A Flexible Platform For Tangible Graphic Scores
Simon Alexander-Adams‘s M.A. in Media Arts Thesis “A Flexible Platform for Tangible Graphic Scores” involved the design of a modular multi-touch display for the performance of animated, interactive, tangible ‘scores’. Performance at University of Michigan, Winter 2015.
Distributed Mechanical Actuation of Percussion
Eric Sheffield‘s M.A. in Media Arts Thesis “Distributed Mechanical Actuation of Percussion” explored the collaborative design (with performers) of mechanically actuated percussion instruments. Control of the mechatronic system was shared and distributed among performers and between them and the computer. Performances by Shane Jones, David Newton, and Chris Sies, University of Michigan, Winter 2015.
Ping Pong Tubes
Ping Pong Tubes (6) by Isaac Levine. Interactive Installation, originally created for PAT 452, Interactive Media Design II, Winter 2015.
Sound Tunnel
Sound Tunnel by Takumi Ogata. Interactive Feedback-Based Instrument. University of Michigan PAT 452, Interactive Media Design II, Winter 2015.
Candelabras (2016)
In 2015 and 2016, my Electronic Chamber Music ensemble responded to the theme of “Techno.” In collaboration with the students, we developed a series of instruments for playing Techno. The first iteration was known as the Tridents.
Photocells embedded in the Tridents are activated by the colored light controllers, which emit light pulses according to sequences programmed live by one performer. Performers can use the proximity of the controllers to interpret the sequences
In 2016, the design evolved. We felt that the performers should have more rhythmic autonomy, and wanted to update the design. We added a third sensor to each instrument for a total of 15 possible voices, and migrated from PVC pipe to steel and stained wood. The controllers are slimmer and more compact. Performers can play rhythms in any note value down to 16th-note triplets with coded buttons on each controller, all synced to a master clock.
2 Improvisations With Candelabras
Not Quite
Not Quite, Interactive Audiovisual Installation, by Fidelia Lam. University of Michigan PAT 452, Interactive Media Design II, Winter 2016.
Speech Devices
Speech Devices, Robotic Slide Whistles Approximating Sine Wave Speech, by Isaac Levine. Performing Arts Technology undergraduate Senior Thesis, Winter 2016.
Puddle
Puddle by Isaac Levine. Public Sound Art Installation at Washtenaw Community College, Fall 2015. Performing Arts Technology Independent Study.