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

REDCAT MFA Showcase 2024May 25, 2024Karmetik OrchestraMay 25, 2024 AnimalMay 23, 2023MTIIDMay 23, 2023 GRIDS BEATS GROUPS 2012May 23, 2023ChucK ConcertMay 23, 2023 Grids Beats Groups::David&&TomioMay 23, 2023Interface Concert 2012May 23, 2023 Mohammad Zareei | Ross Barmache (Interface Concert)May 23, 2023Inaaya at REDCATOctober 5, 2018 The HemisSeptember 12, 2016The Machine OrchestraSeptember 9, 2016 “The Magic Conductor” TEDx CalArtsMarch 5, 2013 …

Installations

Anthesizer IVMay 25, 2024Aditi’s Magic BoxMay 22, 2024Páramo ImmersionMay 26, 2023Where Is The Quiet?May 26, 2023Rain RoadMay 25, 2023Feedback Loops, All The Way DownMay 25, 2023(+/-) PendulumMay 23, 2023PHASE.1May 23, 2023Yatra – The Journey WithinMay 5, 2023Tulna तुलनाApril 6, 2023

Instruments

ONOJuly 13, 2023SansaMay 26, 2023Chucked BrailleMay 25, 2023Meet The BotsMay 23, 2023HEMISPHERICAL SPEAKERSMay 23, 2023PuckMay 23, 2023 Kinect The SinesMay 23, 2023MPE LiDAR Midi InterfaceMay 6, 2023NamiAugust 25, 2020SQUISHBOIJuly 4, 2020GrainsJuly 2, 2020The Multi-Laser Gestural ControllerSeptember 12, 2016The ArduinomeSeptember 12, 2016Argos Interface BuilderSeptember 12, 2016Funk MachineSeptember 12, 2016FlexichordSeptember 12, 2016FaderBoxSeptember 12, 2016B.O.I.N.GSeptember 12, 2016Hand In HandSeptember 12, 2016CastroSeptember 12, 2016The …

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 …

CalArts Expo

Reflecting California Institute of the Arts’ experimental ethos, the CalArts Expo rolls out its latest projects integrating cutting-edge engineering and computer science with visual and performing arts. Highlighting new student and faculty projects made over this last academic year, the Expo exhibitions and performances run from early afternoon to late evening in the ROD Music Hall, MOD Theater, Main Gallery, ...

ÜBELDROHNE

Meason Wiley & Amber Lepley Übeldrohne is an electro-acoustic instrument that utilizes four bass strings, motors, and slide levers to create polyphonic bass drones. Combining elements of a traditional electric bass and pedal steel, as well as more unique augmented instruments such as Andrew McPherson’s magnetic resonator piano and Trimpin’s adapted piano “singer” instruments,  the Übeldrone was designed to create low frequency …