Moving Boundary Problem
Moving Boundary Problem is a collaborative, improvisational performance initiative with musician Thomas Ciufo. Our music has developed around a gestural language that explores the sonic and expressive capabilities of our hybrid acoustic / electronic instruments. Utilizing a wide range of human / computer interfaces and signal processing techniques, these composed instruments extend acoustic sound sources including found objects, flutes, and percussions. Moving Boundary Problem is a manifestation of the unique acoustic, gestural, and human relationships that emerge from interaction with and through these new instruments.
My Role: I have developed a hybrid percussion/laptop, interactive media performance system. In this instrument I have sought to leverage the expressive attributes of conventional percussion instruments and to reinforce the diverse timbral possibilities of a collection of skins, metals, and woods. The instrument is comprised of a set of acoustic source sounds including found objects, folk instruments, and conventional percussion sounds. Each of the acoustic instruments has a piezo-electric contact microphone that is discretely routed to a multi-channel audio interface and into an interactive software framework that is written in Max/MSP. A set of data control foot pedals and physical slider banks provide the performer with direct control of software synthesis parameters. Multi-channel, 4-channel spatialized audio is routed out of the software in real time.
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