_PhotoSynth 4D_

Divje babe Flute © Humans 38,000 Before the Wheel

MOUTHS > LEGS

FLUTE > WHEEL

SYNTHESIZER > FLUTE

Give a man a record and they dance for the day,
give a man a synthesizer and they can dance for a lifetime.

MOUTHS > LEGS

FLUTE > WHEEL

SYNTHESIZER > FLUTE

??? > SYNTHESIZER

With infinite sounds come infinite controls

Modular madness!

Goal :

Authentically represent expression

Infinite complexity

Practise, Practise!

What would a musical instrument look like that uses your natural physical expressions as the basis for an auditory one?

Magic Bowler Hat © 2010 Z. Olenski
The second version of the PhotoSynth being shown demonstrated by Gawain Hewitt
PhotoSYNTH II © 2011 Z. Olenski
A Zoom session demonstrating the PhotoSYNTH 3 in action using MIDI
PhotoSYNTH III © 2020 Z. Olenski
zen and the gang

Demo

Scientific Papers based on this research

  • PhotoSYNTH3 - A novel interFACE (2022)

  • Instant Musical Superpowers (preprint) 2023)

  • Instant musical superpowers by augmenting intrinsic movements, expressions and emotions (2023)

  • Musical Avatars (2024)

Musical Avatars © 2024 Z. Olenski

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Special thanks =)

  • Gawain "OG" Hewitt

  • Becky Morris Knight, Tim Yates, John Kelly and Rob Parton from DMLab

  • Caroline "Liquid" Swords from MyVolts (myvolts.com)

  • Michel Buffa from the WAC

  • Jonathon Hogg from Output Arts and EMF

  • Philip "Froggy" Watson from ARM

  • Dami "PainterDM" Kim for helping with the videos

  • Ciocia, Mama i wszyscy w domu

  • All the people who have helped develop and support the project

MOUTHS > LEGS

FLUTE > WHEEL

SYNTHESIZER > FLUTE

??? > SYNTHESIZER

CREATING > CONSUMING

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