This is a recording of the Fairytale Fashion show I had the pleasure of playing at this past Wednesday.  It was a unique improvisational performance experience involving Lara Grant using a moded sewing machine music controller, her sister Sarah Grant using a felt bassed controller for max/msp while Peter Kirn and I processed and mixed the audio into a dynamic structure. Sarah and Lara Grant are a sisterly team with interests in physical computing, electronic textiles, and signal processing working under the name Felted Signal Processing. Peter Kirn is a composer/musician and media artist/visualist, an electronic producer, and the editor of leading tech blogs createdigitalmusic.com andcreatedigitalmotion.com.

Make has a nice blog post explaining a bit more about our unique performance that will take place at the Fiarytale Fashion Show.

http://blog.makezine.com/archive/2010/02/circuit_bending_orchestra_for_the_f.html

This Wednesday I will be performing along side Peter Kirn, Sarah and Lara Grant at Dianna Eng’s first solo show, the Fairy Tale Fashion Show.  From the website:

Diana Eng will present the Fairytale Fashion Collection in a technology fashion show on Wed., February 24, 7PM, at Eyebeam. Models will hit the runway while an orchestra of circuit bending DJ’s create music from hacked video game consoles. Seated front row will be celebrity scientists, designers, school children, and traditional celebrities. This event will showcase innovation in fashion through technology.

The Fairytale Fashion Collection uses technology to create magical clothing in real life. Electronics, mechanical engineering, and mathematics are used to create clothing with blooming flowers, changing colors and transforming shapes. Research and development for the Fairytale Fashion collection are shared online at FairytaleFashion.org as an educational tool that teaches about science, math, and technology through fashion. Fairytale Fashion was created with the support of Eyebeam Art and Technology Center nonprofit.

Diana Eng is a fashion designer who specializes in technology, math, and science. Her designs range from inflatable clothing to fashions inspired by mechanical engineering. She is a designer from Bravo’s Emmy nominated TV show, Project Runway season 2 and author of Fashion Geek: Clothes, Accessories, Tech. Diana is cofounder of NYC Resistor hacker group. Diana is currently a resident artist at Eyebeam.

More info: fairytalefashion.org