Yesterday, I wrote about the 4 papers I was involved in at this year’s NIME conference in Ann Arbor, Michigan. The one I was the first author on was entitled The music ball project: Concept, design, development, performance, and is mainly a historic write-up of the work I have been doing on developing different types of music balls over the years, including various handheld music balls, the Music Troll, Big Buoy and the ADHD ball. ...
Last weekend we participated (again) with a stand at a big science fair down in the city centre of Oslo during the Norwegian Research Days. The most interesting thing, and also what I have spent the most time on lately was a “music troll” I have been making together with Einar Sneve Martinussen and Arve Voldsund. The troll is basically a box with four speakers on the sides, and four arms sticking out with heads with included sensors. ...
I have been busy with a number of things lately, most notably preparing for a performance during the Norwegian Research Council’s annual celebration in the Oslo Concert Hall (today, Wednesday 27.10. @ 18:00, free entrance). There I will play one piece with the “Music troll” we just finished for the Norwegian Research Days. I will also present the newest version of the Musical Gestures Toolbox, and show how it can be used to generate sounds from dance movement. Pictures and videos will be posted shortly. ...