Halifax Explosion Installation

This project is a collaboration between GEM Lab and the Narratives in Space+Time Society (NiS+TS). It serves as a public platform for exploring the past and present urban geography of the area surrounding the Narrows where the Halifax Explosion took place in December 1917. The tabletop consists of a semi-opaque glass projection surface representing the harbour and solid pine CNC-shaped forms for land. Projection mapping is used to project various content on the tabletop, including aerial photographs and historical maps showing the devastation caused by the explosion. Additional computer-generated content can be interactively explored using a Microsoft HoloLens head-mounted display.

Visit the installation at the Maritime Museum of the Atlantic until 5 November 2018. Previously installed at the Dalhousie Art Gallery.

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Instrumented Bodies: Digital Prostheses for Music and Dance

Documentary preview: Instrumented Bodies

We recently posted a teaser video for our project “Instrumented Bodies: Digital Prostheses for Music and Dance Performance” — enjoy!

http://vimeo.com/68576466

New Digital Musical Instruments: Control and Interaction Beyond the Keyboard

An excellent textbook co-authored by my PhD advisor Marcelo Wanderley which documents developments in the field of new digital musical instruments (/gestural controllers/new interfaces for musical expression) while placing them within the historical context of the field.

Authors: Eduardo Reck Miranda (University of Plymouth) and Marcelo M. Wanderley (McGill University)

Who should read it: musicians, instrument designers, music technology researchers.

Where to find it: From the Publisher