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ARS ELECTRONICA, 2021
MUSEUM FOR THE FUTURE BIENNALE, 2021

UNBURN.IT A SONG-AS-WEB-BROWSER-GAME SET IN A BURNING OCEAN. THE SEED OF THE COMPOSITION IS AN ECO-GRIEF DIRGE WHICH CAN BE BENT AND MORPHED INTO DANCEABLE CATHARSIS OR DISJOINTED FRAGMENTS. AS THE PLAYER SINKS THROUGH THE SCREEN SPACE, CLICKING AND DRAGGING CHANGES THE VIEW AND ALTERS THE STRUCTURE OF THE MUSIC.

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POSTCLUB.CLUB

EXPERIENCE PLATFORM, 2020

POSTCLUB.CLUB IS A SONG-AS-WEB-BROWSER-GAME SET BELOW THE EARTH’S SURFACE. IN THIS “UNDERGROUND CLUB” MYTHICAL BEINGS LIKE THE M IMP AND FAMA DANCE WITH RARE MINERAL SPRITES IN PERPETUITY. THE VISITOR HAS BASIC CONTROLS OVER THE MUSIC AND ACTS AS AN UNWITTING DJ OF POST CLUB MUSIC IN THIS POST-CLUB WORLD. 

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GAME-LIKE AUDIO VISUAL INTERFACE

AALTO UNIVERSITY, 2020

THIS IS A PROOF OF CONCEPT FOR A MUSIC PERFORMANCE INTERFACE. A PLAYER IS REPRESENTED BY A STICK FIGURE, WHICH IS GENERATED WITH SKELETON TRACKING DATA. NOTES IN A SCORE APPEAR AS FALLING BLOBS AND SOUNDS ARE PRODUCED WHEN THESE ARE “HIT” OR “CAUGHT.” ONCE THE SOUND OBJECT IS “CAUGHT”  GESTURES ALONG THE X AND Y AXES ALTER DIFFERENT SONIC PARAMETERS. 
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FLING

HELSINKI XR CENTER, 2019

NAMED FOR THE GESTURE OF THROWING SOMEETHING AND FOR “A PERIOD OF ENJOYMENT OR WILD BEHAVIOR,” FLING IS AN EXPERIMENT IN VIRTUAL REALITY MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS. 

FLING DEMONSTRATION

WHY THE BODY / WHY MY BODY

ÄÄNIAALTO FESTIVAL, 2018

THIS PIECE USES A HEARTRATE SENSOR TO CONTROL THE PULSE OF (LITERAL) DANCE MUSIC AND A FLASHING LIGHT. THE IDEAL PERFORMANCE ERUPTS FROM WITHIN A STANDING (DANCING) AUDIENCE IN A DARK SPACE. 

W.T.B/W.M.B DEMONSTRATION

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