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Expressive Machines Musical Instruments (EMMI) creates robotic musical instruments, compositions, performances, and tools for the creation of musical robots. www.expressivemachines.com

Expressive Machines (EMMI)

November 8, 2014

Expressive Machines Musical Instruments (EMMI) is a band of sonic thrill seekers, composers who have turned to the creation of novel robotic musical instruments to achieve their musical vision. Founded in Charlottesville, Virginia by Troy Rogers, Steven Kemper, and Scott Barton in 2007, the multifaceted organization operates as a composers’ collective, performance troupe, instrument design/development […]

Anthony Hornof performs EyeMusic, a musical and multimedia work composed by Troy Rogers with Hornof and Tim Halverson, in which eye movements are sensed with the aid of an eye tracker and mapped to audio and visual control parameters. Photo credit: Anthony Hornof

EyeMusic

February 25, 2014

In 2005, I spent a summer working in the University of Oregon’s Cognitive Modeling and Eye Tracking Lab under the direction of Anthony Hornof, exploring music and multimedia performance driven by eye movements sensed in real time using an eye tracker and mapped to various control parameters. The resulting piece, created in collaboration with Anthony […]

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