STEIM Project Blog 2012-04-06 13:44:26
Hi all. Some impressions from lectures and workshops. Technical workshops (on STEIM software and physical compyting) were wonderful: I’m actually able to do things and use tools today I wasn’t…
Project blog
Maelstrom 2600 –
Maelstrom 2600 is a a wearable instrument that is played simultaneously by multiple people. Maelstrom 2600 uses soft circuit technologies to translate a modular synthesizer into multiple costumes which can…
[Steim Instrument Lab]: Electrifying Traditional Instruments, Electrifying Performances
When I checked into my room at the Steim Guesthouse, the first thing I noticed was an A4 print of Karlheinz Stockhausen being a little friendly with Minnie Mouse. This…
Instrument Lab – 1st day
Hi all. This is my first post on Intrument Lab Project Blog. I came here in Amsterdam with different ideas that involved both instrumental (namely amplified metal plates played with…
Icarus (with Daniel Jones) – navigable 2D musical surfaces
During Icarus’ last residency, in February 2011, we created the underlying software for our parametric album Fake Fish Distribution (FFD). Using the FFD software we were able to create alternative…
Andi Otto: “Fello” Development: Augmented Bow Revision 3
Fello needed to become more sturdy and reliable. So I came back to STEIM in March 2012 in order to rework the hardware together with STEIM engineer Marije Baalman. She…
STEIM Project Blog 2012-03-17 19:19:01
Great week here at STEIM topped off with a wonderful crowd for our concert last night. The whole week felt energizing, and the support from everybody here and the audience…
Concert Day
Putting all the pieces together today. All the speakers are in place for the surround sound, so now we just get to run it a few times. The arc of…
MICA Residency at STEIM: Day 6
Jason Sloan and I arrived at STEIM six days ago with five students from Maryland Institute College of Art, where we both teach sound art and electronic music. This is…
jamie griffiths – Instrument Lab #1 – Instrument Building Residency Aug-Sep 2011
I work with imagery, sound and light, as well as live cameras, video tracking & 3D live drawing in fields of Visual Music, Abstract Cinema and New Media; collaborative &…