Instrument Design

Nerve Sensor for inclusive musical performance

A collaboration with musician Peter Larsson where we investigated some of the creative posibilites for physically inclusive musical performance that a state-of-the-art nerve sensor would aford. We focused primarily on gestural control of digital musical instruments. This work was performed in collaboartion with ShareMusic Sweden. A paper detailing the results of this work is expected in June 2021.

BLIKSEM: A Physical Fuzz Pedal

NIME 2019, 
Porto Alegre, Brazil

BLIKSEM is a novel fuzz pedal effect that uses a cantilever and soundboard to generate distortion and other dynamic audio effects. The pedal was presented at the New Interfaces of Musical Expression (NIME 2019) in Porto Alegre, Brazil. Full paper available here.

syrinx

NIME 2017,
Copenhagen, Denmark
w/ Herbert Chang & 
Spencer Topel

The Syrinx  is a novel augmented acoustic synthesizer that used physical contact to modulate a carrier signal, producing unique timbres through inter-modulation. Presented at NIME 2017, Copenhagen. Full paper available here. This technology was also the foundation of audio start-up Physical Synthesis.

Game & Interactive Design

LODU

BFIG 2019

The Lodu is a platform to access the physicality of sound. An array of 8 surface speakers (transducers) are connected to the bottom of the surface, allowing performances the ability to move sound around the surface. It was showcased at the Boston Festival of Indie Games (BFIG) in 2019 and was awarded runner-up in the Most Innovative Tabletop category.

S.warm

Digital Game
w/ Alex Williams & Joe

A game created in 48-hours for the GMTK Game Jam 2020 in response to the theme: 
"Out of control" 
Play it for free on itch.io here

Misc. Design

kanye in a room

Kanye In A Room is a recursively generated lyric 500-page, guilded art-book. Inspired by Alvin Lucier’s “I’m Sitting In A Room”, the work address themes of representations of the self as well as the generative and essentializing role AI plays in creative technology.