The point of departure for our technology research is the idea of digital technology as embodied thought, and, as such, an integrated part of us. In our choreographic work we use technologies that enable a different experience of movement than would otherwise be possible. At the core of this are MiniBee movement sensors that give performers the possibility to control and influence sound and light in real time. We write the software for this in SuperCollider, an Open Source programming language specifically optimized for algorithmic music and live interaction.
As our work progresses we will post a series of tutorials about the usage of both MiniBees and SuperCollider, as well as 100 Sketches, a series of video sketches with accompanying source code.
The code from our recent pieces can be found on GitLab. This code is in the public domain, and can be used and modified by anyone.
Published on December 17, 2020
Introduction For future projects we will dig more into video, so I felt the need for a laptop with a bit more graphics power. More...
Published on September 21, 2020
We have started playing around with the idea of using face tracking for our next performance, and the most immediately available tool for the job seems to be openFrameworks in general, and, more specifically, Jonas Jongejan’s ofxFaceTracker2 extension. More...
Published on September 1, 2020
This is the resource page for our 2020 sound and movement workshop for the MA choreography students at BFM in Tallinn. More...
Published on June 27, 2020
TidalCycles is a fun and powerful livecoding language based on Haskell and SuperCollider. More...
Published on June 19, 2020
Over the last six months or so we’ve steadily been trotting out new sketches on our website. More...
Published on June 16, 2020
I am (very) slowly starting to dive into nannou, a Rust framework for creative coding that aims to deliver pretty much the same functionality that openFrameworks does for C++ and Processing does for Java. More...
Published on June 11, 2020
The last six years or so I have used vim as my text editor, gradually weaning myself off of anything that does not allow the use of hjkl to move around in the world of unix. More...
Published on May 31, 2020
Ever since I abandoned iLife I have been missing the now discontinued TimeCapsule: a solid, local, incremental backup solution that doesn’t require me to manually attach a USB hard drive to my computer and run a script. More...
Published on May 25, 2020
If you don’t want to use Kindle and Amazon for all your ebook needs, you can use a Raspberry PI to host your very own ebook server on the local network. More...
Published on May 15, 2020
Recently we got a request to perform on a street-festival in Pärnu, which gave us the impetus to get a bit more mobile with our technology. More...
Published on April 22, 2020
Next week I will start teaching an online course in sound technology at Tallinn University, and I have decided to use Audacity and Jitsi for my video conferencing needs. More...
Published on April 20, 2020
This is the resource page for Kenneth Flak’s online sound technology workshop for the choreography students at BFM in Tallinn. More...
Published on February 7, 2020
Lately I have had to get into c++ programming in order to do some live analysis of our MiniBees. More...
Published on August 1, 2019
Currently we are writing code and developing artistic strategies for 100 Sketches. More...
Published on June 1, 2019
In November 2019 we will teach a workshop in movement and sound at University of Stavanger, Norway. More...
Published on August 30, 2016
We are currently migrating to SuperCollider as our programming language of choice after spending a few years patching and building devices in Max and Max for Live. More...
Published on May 27, 2016
On May 27, 2016 we gave a workshop for music students at Pärnu Ühisgümnaasium together with eminent flute player Monika Matthiesen, demonstrating some aspects of our sensor technology and researching how to work with live music. More...
Published on May 9, 2015
On May 9, 2015 we gave a lecture performance at Seminarium #4, a conference dealing with the relationship between sound and movement. More...