Augmented Violin Improvisation

I discover the salient features of my hybrid violin in the concrete, trial-and-error process of constructing them. No high-level model of violinistic gesture encodes intention or telos. A patented, electro-mechanically augmented shoulder rest produces multimodal feedback, symmetrizing action and perception.

iStage, Synthesis Center, Arizona State University, 2018.

Experiments with a modular system created in Max MSP Gen~

Demo video for ACM Movement and Computing, July 2020

Alto.glove

From about 2016 to 2020, the alto.glove was a mainstay of my performance practice. It was a response to the limitations—both creative and technical—I perceived in feature extraction processes that rely on classification. During this time, I also transitioned to the violin as my main instrument. Subsequently, my interests evolved towards using sound as the interface. And now, again, I am drifting back to the mellow pace of the viola.

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Selected Archive of Presentations and Performances

2019 ACM International Conference on Movement & Computing, Tempe.

Demo of audio-responsive hybrid violin, June 2020.

2019 ACM International Conference on Tangible, Embedded and Embodied Interaction (TEI), Tempe.

2019 ACM International Conference on Movement & Computing, Tempe.

NYC Electroacoustic Improvisation Summit 2019, Brooklyn. eis.nyc

Collaborative Improvisation at the Phoenix Synthesizer Festival, February 2020, with Tsone. Photos by Data Cult Audio.

Demonstration of the Windowless software.

Collaboration with Dr. Katie McLin, who holds the Evelyn Smith Professorship in Music at Arizona State University.

Live Demo at ACM Creativity & Cognition 2019, San Diego.

Opening for “An Evening with Onyx Ashanti,” NIME 2018, Blacksburg.

Demo @ Herberger Institute Day, ASU, 2018.

Improvised performance with Ella Alzua (movement) at SpringDanceFest 2019, Arizona State University.

Presentation at the Guthman Competition, 2018, Georgia Tech.

Exploration of an EMG sensor used on the left arm in tandem with the alto.glove.

Augmented Multichannel Violin: exploration and improvisation with an early prototype of Windowless .

Blue: Free improvisation to iStage programs.

Green: Free improvisation to iStage programs.