As part of my residency with the Highland Culture Collective, I
have been working with inmates of HMP Inverness, students at
Cantraybridge College, members of the public and other artists to
co-design an iPad ensemble for improvisation using TouchOSC and
MaxMSP. Using an iterative process, we have been testing a series of
interface designs, sounds, and collaborative set-ups, making notes
and suggestions for further adaptions and possibilities as we go
from week to week.
Phase one of this project ended in April 2022, and focussed on
working with arpeggiators and drum machines on the fly, as well as
experimentation with the iPads' built-in accelerometers to work with
tonal changes and physical movement. Improvisations from these
sessions were released alongside four remixes as 'Library Music', an
album named after the library in HMP Inverness where the project
began. |
