http://people.interaction-ivrea.it/b.dove/string_thing/

string thing

Exploring expressive complexity in music controller hardware interaction.

String Thing is a cello-like electronic instrument played by stroking or beating metal rods with the hands. The use of bodily gestures, infinitely variable and visible to the audience, avoids the ‘robotic’ and visually uncommunicative quality typical of computer music.

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by: Benjamin Dove with Thesis advisors: Ralph Ammer and Massimo Banzi

Via : prototype