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On Touching

A cybernetically enhanced choir connected by touch

Year 2019
Venue Contemporary Arts Center
Location Cincinnati, OH

Impact Snapshot

Role

Composer/designer with cross-disciplinary team

Audience

Museum audiences and participatory art contexts

Stack

Touch sensor network, Real-time audio modulation, Interactive installation

Outcomes

  • Collective touch interaction transformed participants into co-performers.
  • Interaction design translated individual gestures into shared sonic outcomes.

Measured Signals

  • 14 documented interaction frames.
  • Presented at Contemporary Arts Center (Cincinnati).
On Touching installation at Contemporary Arts Center

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Description

Participants form a "cybernetically enhanced choir" connected by touch sensors, collectively dictating changes in pitch, playback audio, and tempo. Individual actions become indistinguishable from group actions.

Concept

Explores the relationship between component parts and the whole—multi-sensory presence where individual and collective are intertwined.

Technical Details

  • Touch sensor network connecting all participants
  • Real-time pitch and tempo control based on collective touch
  • Audio playback manipulation through touch patterns

Team

  • Eric Blyth Designer
  • Sam Ferris-Morris Composer
  • Justin West Composer/Designer

Capabilities

Touch Sensor IntegrationReal-time AudioCollective Interaction

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