Music, Movement, Machines

In this episode, I connect with Alex Tibbitts, a.k.a. "The Bionic Harpist". A longtime Montrealer currently residing in Mexico City, Alex is a classically trained harpist whose practice over the last several years has evolved into contemporary electroacoustic and electronic music. Alex and I are longtime collaborators, with an ongoing research-creation project involving analysis of gesture in harp performance and the design of bespoke digital musical interfaces that attach to her harp, which she uses in her live performances. In our conversation, we recap the research we have done together and track Alex's evolution from classical to the avant-garde. We discuss some of the key collaborators that Alex is working with to bring her live performances and recorded music to life. Alex's debut solo album "Impressions" drops November 28th, and the single "Night of Violet" is out now. Find Alex online at linktr.ee/the.bionic.harpist

For the inaugural episode, I converse with a good friend and former colleague from the ex)situ research group at the Université Paris-Saclay. Tove is an interdisciplinary researcher working across the fields of human-computer interaction, music and dance technology, and design research. In our conversation Tove gives an overview of her past and recent work, and delves into some of the theoretical underpinnings and future directions of her research that spans music, dance and computer science.