A waterbased collaborative musical instrument at Eyebeam, New York. During the Make Music Day, of public musical installations on streets of New York, June 21st, 2007, on summer solstice.
Consisting of a custom conductive electronic installation, realized with a Parallax Stamp BS2SX microcontroller, MaxMSP software by Cycling74.com, a Kurzweil K2500RS rack sampler workstation.
The users were able to touch various water containers, and/or each other, and create novel arpeggios, rhythms, chords, timbres and ambient sceneries of music, spatialized within a stereo pair of PA speakers.
Event info:
Make Music Day New York
Event Type: performance
Start Date: 21 Jun 2007
Venue: Eyebeam
Eyebeam is gearing up to make some noise for the first annual Make Music New York. Once a year, on the first day of summer, public spaces in all five boroughs will become informal musical stages for all New Yorkers, amateurs and professionals, to perform for friends, neighbors, and passers-by, turning the city into a festival of live music making.
For Eyebeam’s contribution to the event, sound artists Stephanie Hunt and Marko Tandefelt stage an “immersive” interactive sound piece on the sidewalk in front of Eyebeam from 4-7 pm. Using water as musical interface, Stephanie and Marko’s music is sure to be fun for all ages.
At 5pm and 6pm, video artist Benton-C Bainbridge and composer/drummer Bobby Previte will be performing an improvised audio-visual duet. The ongoing collaboration by these renowned artists, called DIALED IN, is a trigger-happy dialog between sight and sound. Simply put, DIALED IN is a showdown between a vj pioneer and a badass drummer.
For complete concert listings, click here: http://www.timeout.com/newyork/static_content/makemusic/
People: Stephanie Hunt, Marko Tandefelt, Bobby Previte, Benton-C Bainbridge