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 […]
Homo Restis is a sound costume performance, developed in the years 2014-2016 by Sarah Leimcke and Jens Vetter as the most recent performance project of their ten-year collaboration.The project consists of two […]
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 […]
Martin Kaltenbrunner and Jens Vetter are presenting the Tquencer in Madrid.
We will present our project Tquencer at Medialab Prado on 1.Dec. 2018, including a Talk by Martin Kaltenbrunner and a Performance by Jens Vetter.
ABSTRACTIn this paper we discuss a modular instrument system for musical expression consisting of multiple devices using string detection, sound synthesis and wireless communication. The design of the system allows for different physical […]
ABSTRACTThe development of new approaches to instrumentality during the decade of 1960 contributed to the dual perception of instruments as scores. For many performers, the instrument became the score of what they […]
This work introduces and contextualizes the artistic performance project Homo Restis and in particular the modular interface system I developed specifically for it. The costume sound performance Homo Restis is a collaboration […]
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 […]