A 30 minute collaborative audiovisual performance with Revel for the 2019 KZSU Day of Noise where we explored purpose, belonging, and disillusionment. She played guitar and provided vocals while I triggered samples in Ableton Live, played bass and moog, and ran audio-reactive visuals in Max MSP using my iPad as a MIDI controller.
Performed with Stanford Laptop Orchestra in Bing Concert Hall, June 2018. Vocal samples provided by Paris Mancini. Produced in Max MSP and Unity.
Program Notes: The individual and the collective exist in a dynamic equilibrium—adversarial yet interdependent. This piece investigates how historical social cycles of revolution and realization are warped by new factors: the internet, AI, and our own evolution.
"I know your nerves are copper with rubber insulation; I know your voice is programmed by someone, but I don’t care. We’re all programmed—naturally or artificially" - Don Clermont, Untitled
This piece explores rituals in the modern world. Basic computer vision is applied to detect the continuous forms—'blobs'—of the dancers. The computer loosely follows them throughout their ritual; they are a discrete system of order and purpose amongst noise. This piece was exhibited at the Stanford GRID—a 30' x 30' laser grid with a waterfall for video projection. The project was set up in commemoration of the 200th anniversary of Mary Shelley's Frankenstein. Produced in Max MSP and Adobe Premiere.
There is a natural feedback to the Universe that acts through defined rules. We have the capacity to understand these phenomenon, but not to evade them. Performed with Stanford Laptop Orchestra in Bing Concert Hall, June 2017. Produced in Max MSP.
A continuation of Sapiostasis focused on ocean pollution created for the Stanford Ocean Society 2017 Ocean Art Exhibition. Produced in Max MSP.
