‘Edge of Nostalgia’ is a Calming Ambient iPhone Album Transformed by Mic

Edge of Nostalgia from Michael McDermott on Vimeo. Ambient, and — actually, literally ambient. Mikronesia’s “Edge of Nostalgia” is a chilled-out 7-track record of gentle grooves and crystalline melodies, delivered as an app. That’s nice enough. But with the aid of your iPhone’s microphone, you and the environment around you become part of the soundscape. […]

Water Light Graffiti: Painting with Water, Transformed into Light, and Urban Communication

Installation Water Light Graffiti // par Antonin Fourneau // du 06/06 au 30/06 à Stereolux Nantes from stereolux on Vimeo. Perhaps digitality is necessarily about the ephemeral. That could explain the fascination with making “graffiti” using light and digital paint, participatory but impermanent. The latest twist on the meme comes to us from Nantes, France. […]

Peter Kirn - July 1, 2013

Responsive Kinect Dancing Goes Hip-Hop [Video, Tips]

Body mapping and dance/visual fusions are still explored only in fits and starts, compared to the extent of live music and visual performance in other media. So, it’s encouraging to see this latest experiment from dancer Christian Mio Loclair. Working with Microsoft’s Kinect, the slowly-undulating tendrils of visuals behind him create visual counterpoint for headstands […]

Peter Kirn - May 13, 2013

Gantz Graf, the Max for Live Plug-in: Reactive-Visualizing Your Tracks

Peter Kirn - March 18, 2013

Thicket for iOS Thickens; Artists Describe the Growth of an Audiovisual Playground

Peter Kirn - March 9, 2012

Pd, Everywhere: Free libpd Gets a New Site, New Book on Making Mobile Music Apps

Peter Kirn - March 8, 2012

Music for a Place, as Central Park Becomes a Score, and Location Meets Recording

Peter Kirn - March 7, 2012

Colored Cubes Light Up in Responsive DJ Stage for “The Paranormal Unicorn”

Peter Kirn - March 6, 2012

Colored Cubes Light Up in Responsive DJ Stage for "The Paranormal Unicorn"

Peter Kirn - March 6, 2012

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