Electromagnetic Staff(2011)
Find a piece of wood, wrap copper wire tightly around one end and connect to opamp circuit (LM386). Plug in jack, turn up speakers, listen to EMF's.

Body electrodes, LM386, a mixer, and TV.

Oscillations of bioelectrical feedback.

The body is integrated.

HYLICS Violin(2010)
Used in the HYLICS performances, the violin is from a charity shop and has been fixed together with glue and tape as it breaks during and after performances frequently.
Two contact microphones are glued to the body of the violin. The signal from them is then taken to a mixer so the raw sound can go directly to the speakers, and also it is taken into the computer. A patch in Pure Data manipulates the incoming signal through reverb, delay, pitch shifters, a ring modulator, and Alexander Torres Porres' LPVoc.pd.

IC noise machines (2010)
Some very rough and ready noise machines made from 555 and 40106 chips. No concept, just made them.

CMOS 4093 (x3), LDR (x12), capacitors of assorted values (x12), battery connector (x3), 9v battery (x3), strobe light (x3), audio mixer, smoke machine.
An audiovisual performance system based on strobe lights and DIY synthersizers. This
system is analogue and no programming has been used, only electronics. Using a “Collins Synth”, which is a CMOS 4093 Quad NAND Gate, a very simple system has been developed where the audio and visual elements of the performance happen simultaneously which enhances the experience. The addition of smoke into the space then heightens this experience more and leads to the full immersion of the audience into the work.

Arduino, ADXL3xx 3axis ­accelerometer (x3), push buttons (x8), LDR (Light Dependant Resistor) (x1), multiplexer (x1), 100m black microphone cable, Pd, Laptop, a strobe light, stretchy black fabric.

SRS is a wearable interactive performance system based on sensing discrete movements of the performer. The data generated by the movements is then used to control various parameters within a Pd patch which has been specifically created for this project.
The physical part of the system is the sensors. The accelerometers are attached to the backs of each hand and the top of the head. The push buttons are a attached to the finger tips of the right hand and each have a number (1-­5), and the LDR is attached to the palm of the left hand. Wires are left to fall freely over the body and are attached to a circuit board via ten meter long cables which connect it to the Arduino. The Arduino has a multiplexer to allow for more sensors to be connected to it. The Arduino code reads the incoming sensor data and sends it via a serial port into Pd.
The Pd patch has been hacked together from various help files and other patches.  The data generated from the performers movements are filtered and scaled inside the Pd patch so that the data flow is manageable and useful. It is then sent to various sound devices. The maximum parameters of the system developed are not used in the performances as they are not necessary. Simple interfaces can be used to great affect to control and create complex sound in live performance.

I developed the MGI to be used as a physical MIDI controller in live laptop performance in order to map bodily movements to sound & to give the laptop performer more freedom of movement & physical expression. Using three LDRs attached to the fingers allows the performer greater arm movement so they are not just restricted to the keyboard. It also encourages interaction with light, & in the performance space consideration of the actual lighting to be used. The physical movements of the LDRs when on the finger tips suggest a puppetry of light.
Originally designed to be placed on the back of the hand, the accelerometer is now positioned on top of the performers head measuring tilting forwards, backwards, left & right. Placing the accelerometer on top of the head encourages awareness of ones movements because even with just walking you are moving your head. With these sensors in place on the laptop performer it will hopefully encourage a more theatrical & environmentally aware performance, with interactions of light & space.