eric heep
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performance
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mechatronics
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Ladder Spectra
(2023)
An installation for a steel ladder bookshelf, piano hammers, bricks, nylon string, and mechatronics.
Particle Explorations
(2022)
Ongoing particle system explorations.
Silo
(2019)
Solo performance for bricks, motors, piano wire, tuning pegs, books, cards, rice, EBows, and solenoids.
Piano Chorus
(2018)
Twenty circuit bent electronic toy pianos.
Interface Shadows
(2018)
Shadow performance to for networked LEDs, photoresistors, and oscillators.
Untitled Brick Collapse
(2018)
A piece for three performers, ~80 bricks, piano wire, low RPM high torque motors, and E-Bows.
Falling Figures
(2018)
3D printed mechatronic puppets.
Hilma Af Prints
(2017)
3D printed reductions of Hilma Af Klint paintings.
Man's Wars and Wickedness
(2017)
A score of interpreted cures, suggested remedies, and...
Seven Simple Pieces for Solenoids
(2017)
A collection of pieces for three solenoids, three contact mics, and three pieces of sheet metal.
In These Descriptions
(2017)
A Gertrude Stein text set against five speakers which exaggerates their natural inflection.
Listener
(2017)
A work for a number of speakers and one microphone where distance is the sole parameter.
Rthk
(2017)
A 3D printed reduction of a Rothko painting.
Ethel-Agnes-Vera
(2017)
A spatial performance for one human, six speakers, and three computer voices.
Sound House (everyone is working)
(2016)
Creative technical work for an (in progress) task oriented sound installation.
Meatbag
(2016)
An audio/visual duet between two humans.
Kill the Magic
(2016)
A solo lecture performance that touches on the compositional merit of 'magic.'
Seeing Sound
(2016)
NumPy/SciPy (Python) Music visualization tools developed for the music courses on the Kadenze platform.
Red Mitsubishi
(2016)
An installation that pays homage to a dead car.
Meepo
(2016)
A six solenoid shield for the Arduino Uno.
Beast
(2016)
A duet between a meatbag and a machine.
Puck
(2015)
An LED shield (or nightlight) for the Arduino Uno.
Orbits
(2015)
A visual complement to two pianists.
Animal
(2015)
A duet between a human and a mechatronic instrument.
Hi
(2015)
A short piece for three groups of people that extends the moment of a greeting.
HXLY
(2015)
An audio/visual duet between a pianist and a electronic musician.
Rostftko
(2015)
A live performance based on the audification of Mark Rothko paintings.
Crystal Growth
(2015)
An installation that creates a spatial rendition of James Tenney's Crystal Cube.
Binaries
(2014)
A five channel additive synthesis piece in non-standard EDOs.
Impurities
(2014)
A solo piano work that combines just intoned sine waves against the natural harmonics of an equal tempered piano.
Reich Tape Looper
(2012)
A Reaktor patch made for phase looping.
