DIY Bionoise (2018) is an instrument in which the performer can generate sound and noise, deriving from their own body. It contains a circuit that can measure the bioelectricity from living beings […]

This paper presents an ongoing process of examining and reinventing the traditional string instrument Guqin, to forge a contemporary engagement with this unique Chinese musical instrument. The SlowQin is both a hybrid […]

This paper reports on a workshop where participants produced physical mock-ups of musical interfaces directly after miming control of short electro-acoustic music pieces. Our goal was understanding how people envision and materialize […]

 This thesis investigates the artistic and philosophical consequences of understanding musical instruments as artifacts embodying a score. In other words, it explores the extent to which musical instruments can be perceived as […]

AbstractThis paper analyzes some of the actual tendencies for musical creation with music controllers laying emphasis on first, the ideologies of interface design through a “maximal versus minimal” dualism; and second, on […]

xCoAx 2018: Schallmauer: Composing Tactile Sound for the Solid Medium In this article we describe the Schallmauer, a site-specific interactive sound installation at the new Musiktheater opera house in Linz, Austria. This […]

AbstractIn this paper the art installation “Tangible Scores” is presented,laying emphasis on its design decisions, featuresand constraints. In order to explain the important relationshipbetween physicality and artistic expression, the conceptof “performative materiality” […]

ABSTRACTStreet art opens a new, broad research field in the context ofurban communication and sound aesthetics in public space.The primary focus of this article is the relevance and effectsof using sound technologies […]

ABSTRACT This article discusses the design and implementation of theTquencer, a tangible musical sequencer device. The tangibleinteraction paradigm for musical sequencers has been exploredpreviously trough the arrangement of simple tangible tokenswithin time-based […]

ABSTRACTTangible Scores are a new paradigm for musical instrumentdesign with a physical configuration inspired by graphicscores. In this paper we will focus on the design aspectsof this new interface as well as […]