Interactive Music Festival

Description
INTERACTIVE MUSIC FESTIVAL, presented by Manhattan New Music Project, with support from Harvestworks, NYSCA, and DCA, curated by David Simons. Six unique composer/performers who use an instrument or an object to control or be altered by a computer or digital process. (1) Joshua Fried - playing on his famous shoes, capturing live radio broadcasts, and using a large steering wheel to manipulate the sounds. (2) John Morton - using mechanical music boxes he has altered, and Max software to "re-masticate" the music. (3) Dafna Naphtali - programs Max/MSP on computer to interact with her voice or any live input such as the sounds around her at the moment. (4) Jane Rigler - the flute is plugged into the computer and electronically processed. Jane is also co-developer of The Cre8tor, a small cube motion-controller designed for children and the handicapped to make electronic music. (5) David Simons - the Theremin, one of the earliest electronic musical instruments, becomes a hyper-sensitive proximity-controlled trigger for sampler. (6) Zemi Taylor Kuffner's GAMELATRON, a robot playing Gamelan will represent LEMUR (the League of Musical Urban Robots) - mechanical acoustic instruments that are computer controlled.