The Electrumpet is a hyper instrument designed by Hans Leeuw in 2008. Expression in electronic music is and has always been an issue and subject to both artistic and scientific debate. Hans Leeuw approaches this from a blend between the acoustic and digital handling of sound in such a way… Continue reading
Sound Boxes: Powered by littleBits: an interactive audio installation where observers can directly trigger notes by moving and waving their arms through space. This piece offers direct control of the sound sculptures to the viewers, enabling participants to collaboratively produce tones and music. Workshop will be held on July 18th… Continue reading
My talk first briefly addresses the various models I have been exploring over the years; from random speculation to complex rule-based systems to distributed agents-based systems thriving on self-organization. All work is rooted in procedural thinking and manifests itself in a variety of hybrid formats, including interactive audio-visual installations and… Continue reading
SOUND OFF is an intimate performance series that connects audiences with composers, musicians, artists and one another. It takes place in a simple loft: no stage, no curtain, and little distance between performer and audience. This event of “sonic cinema” features performances by Lary 7, Joe Grimm and Sarah Halpern.… Continue reading
Several sets of small scale fire escape ladders will be installed in Building 5a5b in Nolan Park on Governors Island. When viewers walk close to a ladder, a sensor is triggered and the ladder will move up and down at a slow pace. Each ladder has its own mechanic sound… Continue reading
There aren’t many artists still using no-input mixer as the main instrument to make noise especially in the laptop age. You-sheng Zhang (aka. Sovietronic), explores the structures, changes, patterns and layers of sound or noise with no-input mixer. No-input mixer is a feedback machine that we can easily assemble by… Continue reading
Sound is inspiring artists from across the globe to use it as a creative medium in and of itself and in conjunction with other media? Find out why in this compelling investigation by the artists in the Harvestworks New York Electronic Art Festival Plausible Worlds Exhibition on Governors Island. Moderated… Continue reading
“The Telepathic Place” is an ongoing installation/fiction project by David Blair. In this latest version [3/2015], the main character of the fiction, who is plural, but also known as Jacob Maker, finds temporary work as an optical instrument tester at Spaceport Paris, the entrance and exit to the Floating City… Continue reading
The Anatomy of a String Quartet is a study of the potentials of media technology as tools for augmenting, extending and reconfiguring the musician’s body. It also questions how the process of mediation, and the perception of such processes, could alter the definition of “liveness” in electronic music. The Anatomy… Continue reading
Harvestworks is pleased to host the first of our Inspiration Series with a talk by composer Sergio Krakowski. The work will be performed on Sunday June 28, 2015 at the American Museum of the Moving Image. “Talking drums” is a multi-media piece in three movements for percussion, guitar, piano and electronics, which investigates… Continue reading
