Duty harnesses the bodily convulsions produced by electric muscle stimulation to control performers in a work composed for fourteen handbells
COMPOSITIONS FOR INVOLUNTARY STRINGS
MIDI compositions send electrical impulses to performers’ muscles, forcing the musicians to ‘play’ their instruments involuntarily.
Sonified seismic data translates onto the bodies of performers in a string quartet via electric muscle stimulation.
Based upon the medical potential of the Katzen Klavier (cat organ), Das Menschen Klavier (human piano) was created for psychiatric purposes
Is the pianist playing, or being played? Control is interrupted by electrical impulses which force his muscles to move involuntarily
An interpretation of Reich’s Clapping Music for two players on one double bass
Electronic sound and field recording
GOLDFISH VARIATIONS FOR TWO PERFORMERS
A rule-based score comprising a set of instructions for two performers, where the musical outcome is determined by the movements of a goldfish.
Two performers breathe into each other’s bodies to produce beat frequencies
STRUCTURED IMPROVISATION WITH EMS
EMS is used to achieve a primary aim of mid 20th century experimentalism - to remove oneself from the activities of the sounds that one makes.
Electrically [de]controlled musicians address questions concerning challenges that arise with the evolution of human–machine assemblages
A distorted realisation of a classic children's clapping game, Down Down Baby explores musical exchange through oral and kinetic practices
Within a field of musical indeterminacy, the musical masochist’s contract is enforced physical obligation determined by electrical impulses
Each performer wrestles to play through an imposed obstruction, to emphasize the way struggle, and even failure, shapes a performance
‘Robotic’ elements are inserted into an enduring emblem of Western classical tradition
This participatory audio/video installation aims to induce a shared moment of art viewing lassitude
FM-2030 utilizes programmed electric muscle stimulation to generate involuntary movements in string players.
Subsoma speaks to human reliance on data, highlighting the lack of agency we have in respect of global systems
