wearable sound controllers
Custom-built wireless audio/video controllers for dance and gesture-based multimedia performances.
Using the components of Synthball, I developed a series of wearable prototypes which have been used in a variety of live performance contexts, including “…these borders that hold me down…” (2018), which debuted at MoogFest 2018, and “soundz at the back of my head” (2020) at Gibney Dance, which was recognized by the New York Dance and Performance Awards for “Best Sound Design”.
My first set of audio control wearables were built during my doctoral studies in Thomas F. DeFrantz’s SLIPPAGE Performance | Culture | Technology lab and during a Duke Arts Center residency in 2018. They are designed to be worn by dancers, to transmit data about their movements in real time. This data is used to manipulate audio synthesis and graphics processes during live performances.
In 2025, I developed iOS and watchOS versions of the software, using Apple Watch and iPhone sensors for data sonification using CoreAudio and Max/MSP.