EMS and Solo Piano. Michaela Davies & Tristan McKay (2013). Improvisation with electric muscle stimulation. Performance at MSM (NYC, 2013)
Is the pianist playing, or being played? His control over his own limbs is interrupted by electrical impulses sent to his muscles via a MIDI controlled electric muscle stimulation device. The graphic score below depicts the pianist’s increasing loss of agency as the piece progresses.
PROJECT DETAILS
DATE : 2013
MEDIUM : performance- improvisation with electric muscle stimulation & piano
PERFORMANCES
Power Concert Series, MSM, New York, 2013