2018
A performance instrument that creates a dance between control and being controlled.
Automarionette consists of two gloves. The left glove has a DC motor in its palm, and a pressure sensor on its thumb. The right hand has an accelerometer on the back of its hand. The gloves are connected by a string wound around the motor. The electronics are controlled by an Arduino microcontroller. The instrument is intended for a performer to use, but anyone can play with it.
The instrument is a prosthesis to limit my movements and induce new ones. It’s a metaphor for how technology can control us, as well as the other way around.
Full writeup at Goldsmiths MA/MFA Computational Arts Blog.