Partition for muscles and sampler

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13 January 2005

from Hardware

This performance uses the dancer’s body as an electronic percussive instrument. Movements are produced directly on the body by an electric stimulation of the muscles through electrodes (system used for rehabilitation or top level sport). This stimulation mechanism has widely improved these last few years, it is now able to simulate very closely the normal signal sent by the brain thus needing a very small amount of energy to produce very impressive effects without danger for the performer (skin burn, muscle pain, ...).

Note --> Muscle Velocity --> Intensity (force) Instrument --> Frequency (for example : 100Hz = tetanic movement = flute, 5Hz = shaking = oboe, ...)

to Wetware

Dates

2004 October 29, 18:30, CONART II, Cochabamba.Bolivia

2004 November 2, 21:15, DEFORMES II, Santiago.Chile

2004 November 5, 19:45, LIVE ART im Birch, Zürich

2005 February 25, 20:00, Arsenic, Lausanne.CH

Many thanks to :

David Truffer firmware & hardware manager at for his patience and for making this performance possible by sharing compex’s knowledge on muscle stimulation.

To my beloved wife Béatrice Buma for letting me work nights and day without complaining...


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