The Helio

Jim MurphyDesigned to allow audiences to directly view performers’ control inputs, the Helio features eight membrane potentiometers. The potentiometers, along with user-mappable LED indicators, are arranged in an upright manner, providing audiences with clear, unobstructed views of the performer interacting with audio or visual software. Each membrane potentiometer can be individually mapped, allowing for endless customization. Software allows the potentiometer …

metal + motors

metal + motors Jim Murphy, Rodrigo Restrepo metal+motors is an interactive audiovisual installation by Jim Murphy and Rodrigo Restrepo. It was first shown on December 16th, 2010 at CalArts. Interaction with the DC motors is accomplished with ultrasonic proximity sensors. The data from the sensors is converted to voltages, altering the speeds of each of the DC motors: users can, ...

GR1D

GR1D Dimitri Diakopoulos GR1D is an interactive media facade with forty low-density pixels. Installed outside the main entrance to CalArts in an area of the building's unique waffle-pattern ceiling, the installation opened on April 1st 2012 (with an exhibition held on April 2nd) and closed mid-June. Each pixel is a three-by-three foot ceiling lighted by a networked 1-watt RGB LED ...

The Machine Orchestra

Ajay Kapur & Michael Darling The Machine Orchestra is a networked ensemble of laptop performers inspired by the Princeton and Stanford Laptop Orchestras. In performance, each member of the ensemble uses hemispherical speaker to produce localized sound, while a master server coordinates millisecond-level OSC synchronization between performers. This networked aspect is critical to the inclusion of the heart of the …

Performances

Inaaya at REDCATOctober 5, 2018The HemisSeptember 12, 2016 The Machine OrchestraSeptember 9, 2016“The Magic Conductor” TEDx CalArtsMarch 5, 2013 Slide 1

Installations

NODE (2015)July 4, 2020CYCLE (2015)July 4, 2020To Tip The Scales of JusticeJuly 2, 2020Swarm: Movement for Bodies and StringsJuly 2, 2020Manufacturing LandscapesJuly 2, 2020The BricktableSeptember 12, 2016metal + motorsSeptember 12, 2016GR1DSeptember 9, 2016

Instruments

NamiAugust 25, 2020SQUISHBOIJuly 4, 2020The Multi-Laser Gestural ControllerSeptember 12, 2016The ArduinomeSeptember 12, 2016Funk MachineSeptember 12, 2016FlexichordSeptember 12, 2016FaderBoxSeptember 12, 2016B.O.I.N.GSeptember 12, 2016Hand In HandSeptember 12, 2016CastroSeptember 12, 2016The HelioSeptember 12, 2016push_pushSeptember 9, 2016ÜBELDROHNE (2015)July 4, 2015 Slide 1 Slide 1 Slide 1 Slide 1 Slide 1 Slide 1 IMG_4145 Slide 1

push_push

Jeff Bryant The push_push sensors were made on a circular knitting machine. While knitting regular yarn, conductive thread is tied to the yarn and pulled through the machine with it. The first strips contained isolated patches of conductive thread, with power and ground connected to each, and were connected to a microcontroller with circuits suited for variable resistors. To reduce …

Online Courses

Sound Production in Ableton Live for Musicians and Artists This course provides hands-on experience in producing, mixing, and sound design with a digital audio workstation. Students will learn the fundamentals (physics) of sound and digital audio, proper gain staging, where and how distortion enters recordings and mixes, how to set levels and panning, effective sub group mixing, and an introduction ...

Digital Arts Minor

Artists in the age of digital media require new approaches to design and implementation using emerging technology. At California Institute of the Arts, we believe that every artist needs to be offered training on how to invent creative new possibilities for interaction with their performers, audiences and supporters, whether through the custom fabrication of technological objects and interfaces or web-based …