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Alpaca interweaves code and pattern, from music to textile to dance
The history of computation is connected to textiles. And in everything from choreographic gestures to weaving, one event makes patterns sing in music and materials and bodies. Across Sheffield, Berlin, Barcelona, Linz, and online, the latest Alpaca Conference is entering its second weekend, following an in-person festival the first weekend.
Read moreHow Gloves and Wearable Tech Could Change Music Performance: In Depth with Imogen Heap and Team
In fits and starts, musical interface inventors have tried for decades to make manipulating digital music more expressive. But that persistence comes out of a clear goal post. They want the machine’s seemingly-endlessly possibilities to fit the human like a glove. Imogen Heap is no stranger to pushing the boundaries of electronic musical performance, always […]
- April 24, 2014
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A Building-Sized Net as Canvas, Overlaid with Light Paintings from Mobile Phones
“Interactive architecture” has long been a phrase, a future echo – something coming – but it’s been tough to say what it would look like when it arrived. In the collaboration of Janet Echelman and Aaron Koblin this month, we see one form it might take. Koblin and Echelman joined forces to celebrate the 30th […]
Peter Kirn - March 25, 2014
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Wearable Visuals: Little Boots' Dynamic LED Dress, Like Tenori-On Fashion
Peter Kirn - November 13, 2013
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Wearable Visuals: Little Boots’ Dynamic LED Dress, Like Tenori-On Fashion
Peter Kirn - November 13, 2013
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Sound of Threads: Music Extended Onto Strands of Icelandic Wool [AV Installations]
Peter Kirn - September 23, 2013
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Glitch: Exquisite Textiles, Made from a Circuit-Bent Point-and-Shoot Camera
Peter Kirn - November 21, 2012
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